Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Articles should be submitted through the Journal website and will undergo an initial Editorial review before a double-blind peer-review by international external reviewers that are experts in the field of study.
2. Articles submitted to the Journal should be original work, that have not been published elsewhere, and are not under consideration by any other publication.
3. The maximum number of authors for each article is 5 authors.
4. The Journal is bilingual (in English and Arabic). Titles, authors, author affiliations, abstract and key words shall be in both English and Arabic. In case of articles submitted in English, all Arabic (and non-English) words shall be transliterated and be italicized. In the case of Arabic submissions, the main text shall be in Arabic, but all references shall be in English and transliterated in Roman script.
5. Original research should be no more than 10,000 words and book reviews should be 1,500-3,000 words. The abstract should be 150-250 words. Authors shall also provide 3-5 keywords that will assist in cross-indexing the article.
6. Articles should be submitted using Microsoft Word, be single-spaced with 1 in. (2.54 cm) margins, using Traditional Arabic font (for Arabic) or Times New Roman font (for English), with 12-point font-size for the main text and 10-point for footnotes.
7. The Qur’anic verses should be written in Ottoman drawing with flowering arcs, according to Mas’haf Almadinat Almunawara
8. Footnotes should be at the bottom of each page and numbered automatically.
9. Submitted articles should adhere to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual Style.
10. The title should be as concise as possible and should also appear on a separate sheet together with name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s), and the complete postal address of the institution(s).
11. A short running title should also be included in the submitted article.
12. Research articles should typically be organized into sections that include an Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Findings and Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations, and References.
13. Headings and sub-headings of different sections should be clearly indicated.

Title:   14-point, each word capitalized, centered, bold

1^st level heading:   12-point, numbered, sentence case, left-aligned, bold

2^nd level heading:  12-point, numbered, sentence case, left-aligned, regular

3^rd level heading:   12-point, numbered, sentence case, left-aligned, italicized

14. References should be alphabetically ordered, with examples given below. Citations from books and other information vessels are documented in the footnote along with the list of sources and references as follows:

1. Books:

Author's title,first name and surname.  “The title of the book is marked with quotation marks”.   investigator or translator. (Edition,place of publication: publisher,year of publication).

Example: Al- Dhahabi,Muhammad bin Ahmed.” Sayr 'Aelam Alnubla’." Shuaib Al-Arnaout investigation). Edition 11, Beirut: The Resala Foundation,2001 AD).

2. Periodicals:

Author's title, first name and surname. “The title of the research is marked with quotation marks “, the name of the journal in italics followed by the issue number,(date of publication)followed by two periods: the numbers of the research pages

Example: Al- Damer,Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman. Titles of Tafsir books, an original study. Tebyan Journal for Qur’anic Studies 28 (2017): 431-477.

-       The list of sources and references inArabic should be followed by a list of sources in English; arranged alphabetically according to the title of the author.

  The English sources’ must be authenticized with the sources translated from Arabic according to the following paragraph.

-       The researcher is obligated to convert Arabic sources into Latin letters, and include them in the list of English sources (while keeping them in Arabic in the list of Arabic sources), according to the following example:

-       Example form in the Arabic sources’ list:

• Al-Dhahabī, Muḥammad bin Aḥmad "Siyar ’A‘lām Al-Nubalā’". Investigated by Shu'aib Al-’Arna'ūṭ. (11th edition. Beirut: Mu'assasatur-Risālah, 2001).
• Al-Dwamir, Abdul-Aziz bin Abdurrahman." ‘Anāwīn Kutub Al-Tafsīr Dirasah Ta'sīliyyah". Tibyan Journal for Qur’anic Studies (in Arabic) 28, (2017): 431-477.

-       Example form in the list of English sources:

Al- Dhahabi, Muhammad bin Ahmad. “Siyar A'lam Al- Nubala ”. Investigated by Shu'aib Al- Arna'out . (11th edition. Beirut: Mu'assasatur-Risalah ,2001).

Al- Dwamir, Abdul-Aziz bin Abdurrahman. “Anaaween Kutub Al- Tafseer Dirasah Ta’seeliyyah.” Tibyan Journal for Quranic Studies (in Arabic)28, (2017): 431-477.

-       An exception is made for research papers published under the English title in the source from which they were transmitted,as in the following example:

-       Example form in the Arabic Sources List:

• Al-‘Aāmir, Ziyaad Ḥ. "Impact of Qur'anic Readings on Faith". Journal Of Islamic Studies 27 (1) (2015): 109-137.

-       Example form in the list of translated English sources as stated in the magazine in which it was published:

Al-Amir,Ziyaad Hamad. "Impact of Qur'anic Readings on Faith." Journal of Islamic Studies 27 (1) (2015): 109-137

15. Instruction to Authors for Book Reviews:

A book review should be between 1,500 - 3,000 words including references (which must adhere to the latest Chicago Style and follow the same rules as per the normal articles).

The reviewed book must have a significant contribution towards the field the current academic discourse, which the reviewer will have to justify.

The reviewer must provide the following information regarding the reviewed book:

1. full title of the book
2. full name of author
3. year of publication
4. publisher name
5. total page numbers
6. ISBN number.

The book review should not simply provide a descriptive summary of the book, and the review need not provide a chapter-by-chapter review, but rather it should provide a critical analysis towards the main premise(s) discussed in the book and what it contributes to the respective field of study and body of knowledge.

16. Transliteration

The following transliteration table to be adopted for Arabic (and other letters):