Pandemic Studies in Middle Eastern History and Qur’anic Verse Interpretation of the Plague  

作　　者：Saifuddin Herlambang 

机构地区：[1]Institut Agama Islam Negeri(IAIN),Pontianak,Indonesia

出　　处：《Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies》2023年第2期127-137,共11页亚洲中东与伊斯兰研究（英文）

摘　　要：In the past two years,the world has been excited by the arrivalof the COVID-19 pandemic.This plague,in fact,has successfullyparalysed many people in the world.Paralysis due to the spreadof the virus,whose effect is not only to make many people in theworld fall ill and must be treated specifically(quarantine),ismainly due to a number of factors that lead to death.This studyaims to elaborate on the history of the pandemic in Islamic literature.Historically,the first plague(Ṭa’un)occurred in AncientEgypt,based on the records of the Ancient Egyptians on papyrussheets.Imam as-Suyuthi wrote that t:a’un in Egypt occurred duringthe time of the Prophet Musa and Pharaoh.After that,theIslamic world experienced a plague pandemic that took thousandsof Muslim lives.This paper aims to provide Muslims withan understanding that the COVID-19 pandemic is not a new thingin the Islamic world.

关 键 词：PANDEMIC Middle Eastern Qur’anic interpretation PLAGUE 

分 类 号：D81[政治法律—国际关系]