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100 1 Higgins, Annie Campbell
245 10 The Qur'anic exchange of the self in the poetry of Shurat
(Khariji) political identity, 37--132 A.H./657--750 A.D
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300 174 p
500 Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 61-
12, Section: A, page: 4794
500 Adviser: Wadad Kadi
502 Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2001
520 The Shurāt, most frequently called the KhawArij in
the historical sources as well as in modern scholarship,
are referred to as the first sect in Islam. This study
shows that people from various Shurāt, subgroups
throughout the early Islamic period (37–132 A.H./657
–750 A.D.) identify themselves as “the
exchangers/<italic>al-shurāt</italic>.” They
use this appellation, along with related words from the
verbal root <italic> sharā-yashrī</italic>, in
their poetry, which contains the most accurate record of
their speech. They derive their name from Qur'anic aya 2:
207: {And of mankind is he who would exchange his mortal
self, seeking the pleasure of God; and God hath compassion
on the servants/<italic>wa-mina n-nāsi man</italic>
<bolditalic>yashrī</bolditalic> <italic>nafsah&
umacr; btighā'a mard&dotbelow;āti llāhi
wa-llāhu ra'ūfun bi-l-'ibād </italic>}.
This aya is one of the minority of Qur'anic exchange/<
italic> sharā</italic> ayas which show the exchanger
making the right choice, or exchange. The Shurāt's
identification with this aya shows their primary
commitment to God, and lends legitimacy to their position
as a righteous minority opposing the dominant authority.
They use the exchange concept to restore agency to
themselves, whereby a slain person is not considered a
passive victim of the Umayyad opponent, but rather an
active exchanger of his life. The Shurāt are unique
in using the Qur'anic sense of this concept to represent
their goals as a political community. Their poetry shows
the centrality of this exchange to their identity, as
evidenced in their identification of themselves
collectively as exchangers, Shurāt
590 School code: 0330
650 4 Literature, Middle Eastern
650 4 History, Middle Eastern
650 4 Religion, History of
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690 0333
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710 20 The University of Chicago
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