The Islamic qas[dotbelow]s[dotbelow] (pl. qus[dotbelow]s[dotbelow]as[dotbelow] ) has been widely viewed as a teller of stories who gathered around him the uneducated public and filled their minds with fabulous stories while commenting on the Qur'an or while relating unreliable t…
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This dissertation examines contemporary American Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an. I argue that local interpretations of the Qur'an are shaping a new Muslim culture of global importance, where English serves as a Muslim tongue and the Qur'an as an American sacred text. The disserta…
The Qur'an has been regarded as an anthropocentric text, in which humans occupy a privileged status in the hierarchy of beings. The idea that from a Qur'anic perspective humans are superior to other species is also reflected in various Islamic literatures. This perception is not…
This dissertation examines Muslim reformers' interpretation of a number of difficult passages in the Qur'an that have often been regarded as obstacles to inter-religious relations. As is known, several passages of the Qur'an are polemical in nature, especially against Jews and C…
This study is a comparative textual analysis of exoteric and S[dotbelow]ufi commentaries on the Qur'an from the classical Period of Islam (10th to 15th centuries), which demonstrates a relationship between hermeneutical assumptions and exegetical styles. Part One examines statem…
The Qur'an occupies a place of privilege at the centre of Muslim life and thought. The meanings of the words of Muslim scripture have been explored by Islamic scholars for more than 1200 years in a tradition known as tafsir . Tafsir is an important intellectual discipline which …
The Qur'ân, together with the sunnah (tradition) of the Prophet Muh[dotbelow]ammad recounted in ah[dotbelow]âdîth (oral traditions of the Prophet), form the eternal source of inspiration and knowledge upon which the Muslim communities have acted and reacted to, as well as intera…
This study investigates the principles of interpretation in Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn `Abbas, focusing on its approach and method, sources and points of view. To accomplish this purpose, both historical and literary analysis are employed. Nevertheless, this study does not …
This dissertation is a case study in the genre of Qur'anic commentary (Arabic: tafsir ), using the major work by the Imami Shi`i scholar al-Fad[dotbelow]l b. al-H[dotbelow]asan al-T[dotbelow]abrisi (d. 548/1154), Majma` al-bayan fi `ulum al-Qur'an [The Confluence of the Clarific…
This dissertation excavates the Islamic presence in Toni Morrison's Paradise and highlights the narrative's intertextual evocation of the politics of the harem, a major proclamation of gender boundaries in Islam. In particular, this study shows how Morrison's Paradise initiates …
This is a study of Jalal al-Din al-Suyut[dotbelow]i's al-Durr al-manthur fi-l-tafsir bi-l-ma'thur (The scattered pearls of tradition-based exegesis), hereinafter al-Durr . In the present study, the distinctiveness of al-Durr becomes evident in comparison with the tafsirs of al-T…
This research, with the title «at-Tafsīr al-Maqāsīdī: tārīḥuhu wa ishkālīyatuhu wa mafhūm at-tafsīr al-maqāsīdī ʿinda Imām Ibn ʾĀshūr», which can be translated as «The objective-based interpretation of the Qur’an: Its history, problems and concept in Ibn ʾĀshūr’s ]Tafsir at-Taḥr…
Bir Osmanlı müfessiri olan Hacı Paşa'nın esas adı Celaleddin Hızır'dır. Daha çok tıp alanında tanınmakla birlikte, kelâm ve mantık konularında da değerli çalışmalar yapmış XIV. asır âlimlerindendir. Hacı Paşa'nın tefsir alanındaki eseri Mecma'u'l-Envâr, bir dirayet tefsiridir. K…
This study is addressed to two audiences: Western and Iranian academics as well as the Iranian social thinkers and activists. This study presents a sociological analysis of the theological writings of Ayatollah Sayyed Mahmoud Taleqani of Iran. Taleqani developed his thought over…
In classical Islamic scholarly disciplines, a thorough knowledge of "technical concepts" is of paramount importance. These terms constitute a highly organized technical system within a complex network of multiple conceptual interrelationships in the cross-disciplinary context of…
A major contribution to the development of modern Bengali literature in the nineteenth century is works of the Islamic sciences. My study concentrates on the role of these works in the formation of Bengali-Muslim identity, focusing specifically on the Islamic science of interpre…