"The Name Muhammad in the Qur'anA Linguistic Structure and Socio-Religious Significance Study"

"This research aims to investigate the function of the proper noun 'Muhammad' in every verse where it is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an. To achieve this, we have adopted an analytical methodology that focuses on examining structural elements and their various branches. Furthermore, we utilized certain characteristics of the structuralist and descriptive approaches whenever it was necessary to describe linguistic synthetic phenomena and their connotations prior to the primary analysis.

This abstract highlights several key findings, including: the proper noun 'Muhammad' appears in the Holy Qur'an four times, rather than five as some scholars suggest. This is because the fifth instance is the title of the Surah itself, which is not considered a numbered verse; moreover, classical exegetes did not address it as part of their textual analysis of the verses.

The study also reveals that the five exegetes consulted did not explicitly state the reason for the specific choice of the name 'Muhammad' in these verses over other names and attributes abundant in the Qur'an. In our view—and Allah knows best—the name 'Muhammad' was chosen to emphasize, with profound emotional resonance, that the one most beloved and near to his Lord is ultimately a human being. Had immortality been granted to any mortal or bestowed upon any servant of Allah, it would have been the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him and his family)."