For centuries Muslims have asked whether the Qurʾan should be recited and memorized first and foremost, or whether one must prioritize understanding the meaning of its complex language. What is the best way to encounter God's Word? To explore this question, a women's Qurʾan lesson in a slum of Old Cairo illustrates modern Muslim anxieties over the place of discursive meaning in encounters with the Qurʾan. This article elaborates the concept of affirmation as an analytic to grasp how the women relate to the truth of revelation. Affirmation is a performative and discursive hermeneutic practice that deploys Qurʾanic citation, situates Qurʾanic concepts in daily life, and sutures the efficacy of Qurʾan education with correct language and with right action. Their lessons are indicative of reformist trends in Qurʾan education that open onto questions of meaning and understanding in relation to human interactions with divine speech.

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上帝话语的声音和意义：在古老的开罗古兰经课程中肯定

几个世纪以来，穆斯林一直在问是否应该首先背诵和背诵古兰经，或者是否必须优先理解其复杂语言的含义。遇到神的话语的最佳方式是什么？为了探讨这个问题，在旧开罗的一个贫民窟中的妇女古兰经课程说明了现代穆斯林对在遇到古兰经时话语意义的位置的焦虑。这篇文章详细阐述了肯定的概念，作为一种分析，以了解女性如何与启示的真相相关联。肯定是一种表演性和话语性的诠释实践，它部署古兰经引用，将古兰经概念置于日常生活中，并以正确的语言和正确的行动缝合古兰经教育的功效。