The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies 0199698643, 9780199698646

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Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
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(p. v) Acknowledgements
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(p. xiii) List of Illustrations
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(p. xiii) List of Illustrations
(p. xv) List of Contributors
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Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
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Introduction
Abstract and Keywords
Mustafa Shah
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
The Contents
Part I. The State of Qur’anic Studies
Introduction
Part II. The Historical Setting of the Qur’an
Introduction
(p. 11) Part III. The Qur’an: Textual Transmission, Codification, Manuscripts, Inscriptions, and Printed Editions
Introduction
(p. 12) Part IV. Structural and Literary Dimensions of the Qur’an
Introduction
Introduction
Part V. Topics and Themes of the Qur’an
Introduction
Part VI. The Qur’an in Context: Translation and Culture
Introduction
Part VII. Qur’anic Interpretation: Scholarship and Literature of Early, Classical, and Modern Exegesis
Introduction
Introduction
Part VIII. Qur’anic Exegesis: Discourses, Formats, and Hermeneutics
Introduction
Introduction
Bibliography
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Notes:
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Andrew Rippin
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Bibliography
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Notes:
Academic Scholarship and the Qur’an
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Abstract and Keywords
Oliver Leaman
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
(p. 40) The Popularizers
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
The ‘Modernizers’
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
The ‘Scientists’ or ‘Academics’
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
The Qur’an’s Audience
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Negative Views
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Bibliography
Modern Developments in Qur’anic Studies
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Herbert Berg
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
(p. 53) Theoretical Issues: Origin(s), Islamic and Otherwise
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
(p. 55) Methodological Issues: The Nature of The Sources
Both the Qur’an and Sīra are Reliable
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Only the Qur’an is Reliable
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
The Qur’an Is Not Historical Either
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
An ‘Orientalist’ Conclusion
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Bibliography
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Islamic Origins and the Qur’an
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Abstract and Keywords
Anna Akasoy
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Surveys and Introductions
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
The Qur’an and Its Historical Environment
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Relationship Between Bible and Qur’an
Historical and Material Development
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Formal Aspects
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Religious Themes and Motifs in the Qur’an
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Literary Aspects
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Exegesis (Tafsīr) and Practical Application
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Modern Muslim Reception
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Non-Muslim Reception
Qur’anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Abstract and Keywords
Historical Background
Muntasir F. al-Hamad and John F. Healey
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Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Some Themes in Pre-Islamic Religion
Deities Worshipped
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Aniconism
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Pilgrimage
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Temples and Sacrifices
Divination
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
(p. 90) Monotheism and Monotheistic Tendencies
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Conclusions
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Bibliography
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Some Social and Religious Aspects
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
Abstract and Keywords
Harry Munt
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
History in the Qur’an
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
History Outside the Qur’an
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
Bibliography
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Arabian Context of the Qur’an: History and the Text
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Ahmad Al-Jallad
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
(p. 112) The Linguistic Landscape of Arabia
The Arabian Alphabets
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Languages of Pre-Islamic Arabia
South Arabia
The Languages of Central and North Arabia: Old Arabic and Ancient North Arabian
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Non-Arabic Languages Inscribed in Ancient North Arabian Alphabets
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Writing and Literacy
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Development of the Arabic Script
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Multilingualism
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Inscriptions and the Literary Background of the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
(p. 125) Concluding Remark
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Bibliography
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Notes:
The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur’an
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Marianna Klar
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Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Textual Examples
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Potential Difficulties
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Concluding Remarks
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Bibliography
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
Notes:
Qur’anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
The Qur’an and Judaism
Abstract and Keywords
The Qur’an and Judaism
Reuven Firestone
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The Qur’an and Judaism
The Qur’an and Judaism
Three Theses of Relationship
(p. 142) The ‘Borrowing Thesis’
The Qur’an and Judaism
The ‘Cultural Diffusion Thesis’
The ‘Semitic Civilization Thesis’
The Qur’an and Judaism
The Qur’an on Judaism
The Qur’an and Judaism
Contemporary Arabian Jews as Reflected in the Qur’an
The Qur’an and Judaism
Torah and Covenant
The Qur’an and Judaism
The Qur’an and Judaism
Qur’an Supportive of Jewish Ritual Practice and Piety
Jewish Practices and Beliefs Reflected in the Qur’an
Qur’an Condemning of Jewish Behaviour
The Qur’an and Judaism
Caution not to be Influenced by People of the Book
Conclusion: The Qur’an in a Phenomenology of Emergent Religions
The Qur’an and Judaism
Bibliography
The Qur’an and Judaism
The Qur’an and Judaism
The Qur’an and Christianity
Abstract and Keywords
Issues in Methodology
The Problem of Normative Christianity
Neal Robinson
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Problem of Normative Islamic Tradition
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Problem of Revisionist Historians of Early Islam
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Qur’an and Christianity
(p. 156) The Qur’anic Corpus
The Fātiḥa
Sura 112
The Qur’an and Christianity
Why 114 Suras?
Q. 61:6b and Q. 7:157: Medinan Verses or Later Additions?
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Dynamics of the Qur’anic Discourse
The Qur’an and Christianity
Jesus’ Name al-Masīḥ ʿĪsā ibn Maryam
Ibn Maryam
ʿĪsā
The Qur’an and Christianity
al-Masīḥ
The Qur’an and Christianity
(p. 161) The Designation of Christians as Naṣārā
Introduction
Christians and Nazoreans in the New Testament
The Qur’an and Christianity
Subsequent Pre-Islamic References to Nazaoreans
Bibliography
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Qur’an and Christianity
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
Abstract and Keywords
François Déroche
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
Copies Attributed to ʿUthmān
Criteria of Identification
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Ḥijāzī Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
(p. 174) The Later Umayyad Muṣḥaf
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
Inscriptions and Coins
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Canon and the Manuscripts
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
Notes:
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
Abstract and Keywords
Yasin Dutton
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The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
(p. 188) The Role of al-Ḥajjāj Ibn Yūsuf
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Period of Ikhtiyār
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
Bibliography
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Form of the Qur’an: Historical Contours
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Abstract and Keywords
Mustafa Shah
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
(p. 197) Early Academic Scholarship: Analysis of the Qirāʾāt
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Towards the Creation of an Archive
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Interpreting the Significance of Variae Lectiones: Approaches and Perspectives
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Qirāʾāt and the Relevance of Manuscript Evidence
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Ibn Mujāhid and the Moves Towards the Standardization of Readings
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
(p. 212) Conclusions
Bibliography
Primary Sources
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Secondary Sources
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Notes:
The Corpus of Qur’anic Readings (qirāʾāt): History, Synthesis, and Authentication
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Sheila S. Blair
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Perspectives, Practicalities, and Problems
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Parchment Manuscripts From the First Centuries of Islam
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
The Shift to Paper Codices in the Early Medieval Period (Third/Ninth–Seventh/ Thirteenth Centuries)
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
The Development of Luxury Multi-Part Presentation Copies in the Late Medieval Period (Seventh/Thirteenth–Tenth/ Sixteenth Centuries)
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
(p. 233) The Age of Empires (Tenth/Sixteenth–Thirteenth/Nineteenth Centuries)
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Bibliography
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Glorifying God’s Word: Manuscripts of the Qur’an
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Abstract and Keywords
Perspectives, Practicalities, and Problems
Sheila S. Blair
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Uses
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
(p. 250) Layout, Technique, and Style
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Bibliography
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Efim A. Rezvan
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
Western Europe
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
Russia
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
(p. 266) The Idea of a Critical Edition
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
(p. 268) Muslim Orient
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
New Information Technologies
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
Bibliography
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
A History of Printed Editions of the Qur’an
Language of the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
A. H. Mathias Zahniser
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Language of the Qur’an
The Language of the Original Qur’an: A Dialect or an Esteemed Literary Koine?
An Esteemed Literary Koine
Dialects of Old Arabic
Language of the Qur’an
The Original Qur’an: Historical and Contemporary ViewsThe Traditional Muslim View
Setting the Stage: Theodor Nöldeke and Karl Vollers
Language of the Qur’an
The 1970s: a Decade of Challenges
John Wansbrough: Arabic Language as Evidence of Prophethood
Günter Lüling and the Primitive Qur’an
Language of the Qur’an
Federico C. Corriente and Old Arabic Koine
Language of the Qur’an
Michael Zwettler and the Poetic Koine
Language of the Qur’an
Qur’an in Context: a Twenty-First-Century Response
Christoph Luxenberg and the Syro-Aramaic Ur-Qur’an
Angelika Neuwirth and a Return to the Qur’an Itself
Language of the Qur’an
Ernest Axel Knauf and Old Arabic Triglossia
Kees Versteegh and the Force of an Absent Pseudo-correction
Language of the Qur’an
Jonathan Owens and a Caseless Variety of Old Arabic
Language of the Qur’an
Muhammad al-Sharkawi and the Ecology of Arabic Acquisition
Language of the Qur’an
Jan Retsö: Who were the Arabs of the ʿarabiyya?
Five Fruitful Avenues for Further Research
Language of the Qur’an
Discovering New Materials and Rereading of Old Materials
Mastering Recitation Systems
Extending Dialect Studies
Language of the Qur’an
Return to the Study of the Qur’an’s Text
Nuancing the Qur’an’s Uniqeness
Language of the Qur’an
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Language of the Qur’an
Language of the Qur’an
Language of the Qur’an
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Abstract and Keywords
Mustafa Shah
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vestiges of Influence
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Philological Criticism in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Developments and Strategies
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Outlooks and Prospects
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
(p. 310) Conclusions
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context
Notes:
Qur’anic Syntax
Abstract and Keywords
Michel Cuypers
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Qur’anic Syntax
The Question of the Discontinuity of the Qur’anic Text
The Order of the Suras in the Qur’an
The Coherence of the Text According To the Classical Tradition: Naẓm and ʿIlm al-Munāsaba
Qur’anic Syntax
Qur’anic Syntax
The Unity of the Text by Modern Muslim Commentators
Qur’anic Syntax
The Structure of the Qur’anic Text, According to Recent Research
Qur’anic Syntax
Qur’anic Syntax
Semitic Rhetoric and Rhetorical Analysis
Qur’anic Syntax
Qur’anic Syntax
Qur’anic Syntax
Qur’anic Syntax
Bibliography
Qur’anic Syntax
Qur’anic Syntax
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Abstract and Keywords
Rhetoric (Balāgha)
Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
(p. 328) Importance of Balāgha
Lack of Balāgha Studies in English Compared with Grammar
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Theodor Nöldeke
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
(p. 330) Scholars in English
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
European Classical Sources
Recent Arab Writing on Balāgha in English
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Issues Discussed Under ʿIlm al-Maʿānī
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Departure from What is Expected
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Stylistic Features
Logical Arguments Blended with Emotion
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Affective Sentences (jumal inshāʾiyya) and Verbal Sentences (jumal fiʿliyya)
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Frequent Use of Descriptive Attributes (ṣifāt kathīra)
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Generalization (taʿmīm)
Contrast (taḍādd)
Rhyme and Rhythm (fāṣila wa-īqāʿ)
Dialogue and Direct Speech (ḥiwār wa-kalām mubāshir)
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Effective Repetition (takrār muʾaththir)
Suspension of Composition Patterns (taʿlīq al-nasaq)
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Instilling the Desire to Obey and the Fear of Disobedience (Targhīb wa-Tarhīb)
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Distribution of Related Material (Tawzīʿ al-Mādda)
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Conclusion
Future Development in the Study of Qur’anic Balāgha
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Bibliography
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur’anic Grammar
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Abstract and Keywords
The Structure of the Qur’an and the Question of Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Nicolai Sinai
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Qur’anic Chronology and its Critics
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
The Covariance of Stylistic, Thematic, and Terminological Features
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Conclusion and Open Questions
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Bibliography
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
Notes:
Inner-Qur’anic Chronology
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Abstract and Keywords
Neuwirth
Mustansir Mir
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Zahniser
Cuypers
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Abdel Haleem
El-Awa
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Robinson
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
(p. 369) Smith
Farrin
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Iṣlāḥī
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Concluding Observations
Bibliography
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
The Structure of the Qur’an: The Inner Dynamic of the Sura
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Abstract and Keywords
Ayman A. El-Desouky
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
(p. 375) Iʿjāz al-Qurʾān: the Originating Contexts of Taḥaddī
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Kalām Allāh and the Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Both Temporal and Eternal: On the Aesthetic Force of Revelation
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Dilemmas of the Literary in Modern Approaches
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
A Supportive Theology for Literary Approaches?
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Secondary Sources
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
Discussions of Qur’anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Abstract and Keywords
The Uniqueness of the Qur’an
Geert Jan van Gelder
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Parody of the Inimitable
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Qur’an and Poetry
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Later ‘imitations’
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Qur’an and Literary Criticism
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Qur’an and Literary Anthologies
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
The Omnipresence of Qur’an in Prose and Poetry
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Bibliography
Primary Sources
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Secondary Sources
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
The Qur’an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
Notes:
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
Abstract and Keywords
Stefan Sperl
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
Poetry and Prophecy
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Abbasid Period
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Modern Period
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
Bibliography
Primary Sources
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
Secondary Sources
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
Notes:
The Qur’an and Arabic Poetry
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Ulrika Mårtensson
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Biblical and Greek Concepts
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Qur’anic Concepts
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Oral or Written?
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
The Politics of Revelation
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Conclusion
Bibliography
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Stephen R. Burge
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
God as One
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
(p. 434) God as Creator and Ruler
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
God’s Mercy
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
The Otherworldly
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Conclusion
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction: Problems, Approach, Outline
Joseph E. Lowry
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Law and the Qur’an
Law and Positive Legislation in the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Rules Relating to Ritual
Law and the Qur’an
(p. 449) Other Rules Governing Life in the Qurʾānic Community
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Other Rules
Commercial Law
Legal System and Procedure
Law and the Qur’an
Legal Language, Themes, and Ideas
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Literary Form
Law and the Qur’an
Some Textual and Historical Problems
Law and the Qur’an
Reception in Islamic Law and Legal Theory
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Some Modern Responses to the Qur’an as a Source of Law
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Law and the Qur’an
Qur’anic Ethics
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Ebrahim Moosa
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Qur’anic Ethics
Keywords
Qur’anic Ethics
Discourses on Qur’anic Ethics
Qur’anic Ethics
Qur’anic Ethics
Qur’anic Ethics
Qur’anic Ethics
Qur’anic Ethics
Bibliography
Qur’anic Ethics
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Sebastian Günther
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Eschatology and the Qur’an
The End of This World
Eschatology and the Qur’an
The Final Hour and its Signs
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Signs of the End Time in History
Eschatology and the Qur’an
The Hereafter
The Day of Judgment and its Many Names
The Blast of the Trumpet
Eschatology and the Qur’an
(p. 477) Resurrection
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Reckoning
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Judgement and Retribution
Paradise and Hell
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Individual Death and Post-Mortem Existence
Eschatology and the Qur’an
The Condition of the Soul
Existence in the Grave and the Barzakh
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Bibliography
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Eschatology and the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Anthony H. Johns
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Conclusion
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Bibliography
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Prophets and Personalities of the Qur’an
Politics and the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Generalities
Stefan Wild
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Politics and the Qur’an
Pre-Modern Era
The Qur’anic Text: Compilation, Canonization, and Exclusion
Politics and the Qur’an
The Qur’an in Early Twelver Shīʿī History
The Battle of Ṣiffīn
Modern Era: Does the Qur’an Have a Political Message?
Politics and the Qur’an
Politics and the Qur’an
The Qur’an and Colonialism
Politics and the Qur’an
Politics and the Qur’an
The Qur’an as a Constitution
Politics and the Qur’an
Politics and the Qur’an
Conclusion
Bibliography
Politics and the Qur’an
Politics and the Qur’an
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Abstract and Keywords
Asma Afsaruddin
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Conceptualizations of Jihad in the Western Academy
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Q. 9:5 and 9:29
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
(p. 522) Cessation of Fighting and Peacemaking
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Conclusion
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Bibiliography
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
Women and the Qur’an
Abstract and Keywords
Asma Afsaruddin
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Women and the Qur’an
Women and the Qur’an
Woman’s Moral Agency in the Qur’an
Women and the Qur’an
Male Guardianship Over Women?
Women and the Qur’an
Women and the Qur’an
Women and the Qur’an
Feminist Hermeneutics of the Modern and Contemporary Periods
Women and the Qur’an
Women and the Qur’an
Women and the Qur’an
Bibiliography
Primary Sources
Women and the Qur’an
Secondary Sources
Women and the Qur’an
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Abstract and Keywords
Chronological Survey
Ziad Elmarsafy
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Theoretical Issues
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Bibliography
Translations of the Qur’an into Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Other Sources
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Western Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Abstract and Keywords
M. Brett Wilson
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Interlinear Works
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Commentary-Translations
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Modern Translations
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Bibliography
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Translations of the Qur’an: Islamicate Languages
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Context in Relation to the Qur’an
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Textual and Situational Context
Maqām/siyāq al-mawqif
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Context and Wujūh (Aspects of the Meaning of a Given Word)
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Ḥakīm
Al-Raḥmān
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Walad
Tamnun
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
al-ʿAḥdiyya
Tafakkahūna
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Oaths in Context
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
The Sword Verse: Wujūh, Textual Context and Situational Context
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Consistency and Wujūh
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Wujūh in Sentence Structure
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Conclusion
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Bibliography
Presenting the Qur’an out of Context
Notes:
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Abstract and Keywords
Overview
Bruce Lawrence
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Introduction
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Qur’an and Popular Culture in Twenty-First-Century Africa/Asia
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Magic and Medicine
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
(p. 589) Conclusion
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Bibliography
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
Popular Culture and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Contexts
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
Abstract and Keywords
The Qur’an and the Canon
Jeffrey Einboden
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
Qur’anic Renaissance
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Romantic Qur’an
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Qur’an’s Postmodern Postscripts
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
Bibliography
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
Notes:
The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur’an: An Overview
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Abstract and Keywords
Andrew Rippin
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Bibliography
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Early Qur’anic Commentaries
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Maher Jarrar
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
(p. 621) Modern Western Scholarship
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Occasions of Revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl)
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
The Biography of Muḥammad, the Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Conclusion
Bibliography
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Exegetical Designs of the Sīra: Tafsīr and Sīra
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Abstract and Keywords
The First Exegetical Efforts
Kees Versteegh
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
The First Collections of Tafsīr
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
The Meaning of the Text
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
(p. 641) The Structure of the Text
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
The Context of the Text
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Exegesis and Grammar
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Secondary Sources
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Qur’anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Ulrika Mårtensson
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Methodologies
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
The Exegetes
ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Ṣanʿānī (d. 211/827)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Two Mālikī Exegetes: Yaḥyā ibn Sallām and Ibn Abī Zamanīn
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (d. 310/923)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Gharīb: Makkī and al-Iṣfahānī
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Early Medieval Tafsīr (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century)
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Abstract and Keywords
Walid A. Saleh
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Tafsīr as a Genre
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Al-Ṭabarī Read Through Al-Māturīdī
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Nishapur and its Centrality in the Classical Tafsīr Tradition
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Al-Kashshāf of al-Zamakhsharī and anwār al-Tanzīl of al-Bayḍāwī (d. c.719/1319)
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
The Use of Paper and the Encyclopaedic Tafsīrs
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
The Rise of the Ottoman Research Libraries and the Ottoman Tafsīr Tradition
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Bibliography
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafsīr
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
Abstract and Keywords
Roberto Tottoli
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
(p. 683) Isrāʾīliyyāt as the Early Exegetical Approach
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
Western Attitudes: Studies Between Qur’an Narratives and Later Traditions
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
(p. 686) The Bible in Early Islam
The Emergence of the Term Isrāʾīliyyāt in Islamic Literature and Western Studies
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
Recent Approaches to Exegetical Narratives
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
New Lines of Research and Perspectives
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
Bibliography
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
The Corpora of Isrāʾīliyyāt
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Abstract and Keywords
Walid A. Saleh
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
The Demise of Kalām and the Rise of Scriptural Theology
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
The Print Revolution, The Internet, and the Dissemination of Tafsīr Works
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Typologies of Contemporary Tafsīr, According to Aḥmīdah Nayfar and Johanna Pink
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
The Ultra-Conservative School: The Salafī Outlook
The Manār Movement, or the Reformed Salafī School
The Ideological Current
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
The Modernist School
The Deconstructionist and Postmodernist Reading
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Johanna Pink’s Typology of Modern Tafsīr
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Conclusion and Directions for Future Research
Bibliography
Contemporary Tafsīr: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Abstract and Keywords
Exegesis as Disclosing Waṣāyā and Walāya: Esoteric Hermeneutics
Sajjad Rizvi
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
(p. 709) The Speaking and Silent Qur’an (al-Qurʾān al-Nāṭiq wa’l-Ṣāmit)
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Early Exegetical Strategies: ʿAlī Ibn Ibrāhīm and His Period
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
(p. 712) Medieval Scholasticism: al-Ṭūsī
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
The Akhbārī Turn to Scripture: Fayḍ Kāshānī
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
The Mystical Tradition: Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī to Sulṭān ʿAlī-Shāh
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Embracing Modernism: Sayyid Faḍlallāh and ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Secondary Sources
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Twelver Shīʿī Exegesis
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Ismail Poonawala
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
The Ismāʿīlīs and Their Taʾwīl
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
(p. 724) How is taʾwīl Justified?
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Principles of Taʾwīl
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Sources for the Corpus of Ismāʿīlī Exegetical Literature
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
The Pre-Fatimid Period
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
(p. 730) The Fatimid Period
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
(p. 732) Ismāʿīlī Taʾwīl: Major Themes
Conclusion and Directions for Future Research
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Bibliography
Ismāʿīlī Scholarship on Tafsīr
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Abstract and Keywords
Overview of Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Valerie J. Hoffman and Sulaiman bin Ali bin Ameir Al-Shueili
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Methodology
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Conclusion
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Bibliography
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Ibāḍī Tafsīr Literature
Notes:
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Abstract and Keywords
Sufism: an Overview
Alexander Knysh
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Ascetic-Mystical Piety and the Qur’an
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
The First Sufi Exegetical Works and Principles of Sufi Exegesis
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
The Growth of the Sufi Exegetical Tradition (From the Fifth/Eleventh to the Seventh/Thirteenth Centuries)
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
(p. 756) The Blossom of Ecstatic/ Esoteric Exegesis
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Ibn [Al-]ʿarabī and the Kubrawī Tradition
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Secondary Sources
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
Theological Commentaries
Abstract and Keywords
Tariq Jaffer
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Theological Commentaries
Theological Reflection within Traditional Exegesis
Ibn ʿAbbās (d. c.68/687)
Theological Commentaries
Mujāhid (d. 104/722)
Theological Commentaries
Al-Ṭabarī (d. 310/923)
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
Muʿtazila
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
(p. 774) Al-Māturīdī
Theological Commentaries
Ashʿarī-Sunnī Commentaries: al-Rāzī and his Legacy
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
Bibliography
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
Theological Commentaries
Notes:
Philosophical Commentaries
Abstract and Keywords
Al-Kindī
Jules Janssens
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Ibn Sīnā
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Al-Ghazālī
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Ibn ʿarabī
The Ishrāqī School
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Conclusion
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Secondary Sources
Philosophical Commentaries
Philosophical Commentaries
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Kamal Abu-Deeb
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
(p. 797) Some Focal Points of Interest
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Broaching the Unity of Structure in the Qur’an
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Do Other Suras Present Such Well-Wrought Urns? How?
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
The Quest for Aesthetic Effect
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Conclusions
Bibliography
Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur’ān
Tafsīr and Science
Abstract and Keywords
Robert Morrison
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Bibliography
Tafsīr and Science
Tafsīr and Science
Notes:
Tafsīr and Science
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Abstract and Keywords
Johanna Pink
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Individual Approaches and Genre Constraints
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Tafsīr as a ‘genealogical tradition’
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
The Role of Hadith
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Exegesis and The Defence of Dogma
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Philology
Qur’anic Hermeneutics and other Fields of Scholarship
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Piety and the Sanctity of the Qur’an
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
New Directions in the Study of Applied Hermeneutics
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
The End of Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics?
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Bibliography
Secondary Sources
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Classical Qur’anic Hermeneutics
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Abstract and Keywords
Martin Nguyen
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Disciplinary Diversity Within ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Qur’anic Arrangement and Chronology
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Asbāb Al-Nuzūl
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Naskh
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Qur’anic Lexicology
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Miscellany
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Hermeneutic Principles
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Bibliography
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Sunnī Hermeneutical Literature
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development
Abstract and Keywords
The Problem of Hermeneutics
Massimo Campanini
Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development
Main Trends of Contemporary Hermeneutics
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development
Modern Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Strategies