مفهوم الاتجاهات الجغرافية في القرآن الكريم : تطبيقات ميدانية لأحداث ورد ذكرها في القرآن الكريم و السيرة النبوية

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This paper aims to trace and record Quranic vocabulary which implies specific geographic directions and explain the right meanings of these words.

The paper focuses on applying this conceptual basis to a variety of events from the Holy Quran and Serah (Prophetic Biography).

In collecting data, the research used extensive and careful review of the Quran containing vocabulary with geographical connotations.

Then, it followed the meanings of these words from Quranic interpretations and Serah books and online language dictionaries.

Baseline data was collected through frequent field visits to sites of some of the events in which geographical vocabulary within the context of the Quranic verses.

The coordinates of some of those locations were recorded by photography devices equipped with GPS.

Spatial and geographical image of each event was then built.

This perception was simplified in quick sketches and cadastral maps to present those sites based on satellite images from Google Earth.

Moreover, recent photographs of some of the features of the events were taken and displayed.

The study used the deductive analysis methods derived from the understanding of geographical words as set out in the context of the Quranic verses.

Then, it drew the most likely geographic meanings of the words after using different scholastic interpretations.

The study applied of simple numerical count of every word of those words in the verses of the Quran as a whole.

The study differentiated between direct geographical and spatial meanings and indirect meanings of each word.

Then, the study tabulated those words according to their meanings and places in verses.