| Title |
Sedentary Culture and Permanent Architecture Reflected in Qur’anic Terminology |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2026.42.3.189 |
| Keywords |
Qur’?n; Terminology; Early Islam; Sedentary Culture; Permanent Architecture; Architectural Thought |
| Abstract |
The Qur’?n is the supreme scripture of Islam compiled from the revelations of God (Allah) conveyed to the Prophet Mu?ammad. It is also a linguistic corpus that preserves Mu?ammad’s perception of the world and his architectural experience as formed within the climatic and socio-cultural context of the seventh-century Arabian Peninsula, and whose canonical wording and key terminology have been transmitted without formal revision to the present. This study systematically examines Qur’?nic terminology related to dwelling and architecture that the text repeatedly emphasizes in order to elucidate the consistent conceptions of dwelling and architecture that emerge from it. The analysis shows that the Qur’?n envisions the eternal spaces of the hereafter on the basis of city (mad?nah) and village (qar?yah) life, and presupposes solid, walled structures as the ideal form of the house (d?r, bayt). Drawing on these findings, the study identifies an architectural worldview based on sedentary culture and permanent structures that was shared by the early Muslim community. |