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The Congruity of Islamic Modernist Legal Thought: The Case of Muslim Minority Fiqh (2023)
Thesis
Hussain, K. The Congruity of Islamic Modernist Legal Thought: The Case of Muslim Minority Fiqh. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In recent decades with Muslim global migration patterns, modernist Islamic thought has extended to the relatively new context of large numbers of Muslims living in non-Muslim countries. This thesis views this as a continuation of modernist thought wh... Read More about The Congruity of Islamic Modernist Legal Thought: The Case of Muslim Minority Fiqh.

Presenting the Qur’an out of Context (2020)
Book Chapter
Abdel-Haleem, M. (2020). Presenting the Qur’an out of Context. In M. Shah, & M. Abdel-Haleem (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199698646.013.52

The Qur’an is well and truly a text in context, having been revealed over a period of twenty-three years in response to particular situations and questions. Because of this and due to specific features of its language, like polysemy, conciseness, etc... Read More about Presenting the Qur’an out of Context.

Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar (2020)
Book Chapter
Abdel-Haleem, M. (2020). Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar. In M. Shah, & M. Abdel-Haleem (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies (327-345). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199698646.013.22

The language and style of the Qur’an have attracted a large amount of work by Western scholars. Yet there are two neglected areas: balāgha in Arabic (rhetoric), and certain aspects of Qur’anic style. This chapter sheds some light on both. Balāgha was... Read More about Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar.

The Corpus of Qur'anic Readings (qirā'āt): History, Synthesis and Authentication (2020)
Book Chapter
Shah, M. (2020). The Corpus of Qur'anic Readings (qirā'āt): History, Synthesis and Authentication. In M. Shah, & M. Abdel-Haleem (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies (194-216). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199698646.013.47

The history of the study of the corpus of qirāʾāt or Qur’anic readings is principally defined by the substantive contributions made by the work of Theodor Nöldeke, Gotthelf Bergsträsser, Otto Pretzl, and Arthur Jeffery. From the publication of critic... Read More about The Corpus of Qur'anic Readings (qirā'āt): History, Synthesis and Authentication.

Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context (2020)
Book Chapter
Shah, M. (2020). Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context. In M. Shah, & M. Abdel-Haleem (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies (294-314). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199698646.013.21

One of the striking features about the history of the academic study of the Qur’an’s vocabulary is the enduring impact that scholarship in biblical philology and Semitics had upon its development. Tracing the historical trajectories of the work devot... Read More about Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context.

The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies (2020)
Book
Shah, M., & Abdel-Haleem, M. (Eds.). (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199698646.001.0001

The Qur'an is the foundational sacred text of the Islamic faith. Traditionally revered as the literal word of God, its pronouncements and discussions form the bedrock of Islamic beliefs and teachings. Notwithstanding its religious pre-eminence and th... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies.

The Qurʾan and Arabic Poetry (2020)
Book Chapter
Sperl, S. (2020). The Qurʾan and Arabic Poetry. In M. Shah, & M. Abdel-Haleem (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199698646.013.16

This chapter reviews recent scholarship on the interface between the Qur’an and Arabic Poetry, from pre-Islamic times to the modern period. It shows that Arabic poetry has for long been engaged in an inter-textual dialogue with the Qur’an which has t... Read More about The Qurʾan and Arabic Poetry.

Islamic Theological Discourses and the Legacy of Kalām: Gestation, Movements and Controversies (2019)
Book
Shah, M. (Ed.). (2019). Islamic Theological Discourses and the Legacy of Kalām: Gestation, Movements and Controversies. Gerlach

With a concern for context and history, this major reference work presents key academic contributions devoted to the study of early, classical and pre-modern Islamic theological thought. The aim is to provide a balanced survey of the research discour... Read More about Islamic Theological Discourses and the Legacy of Kalām: Gestation, Movements and Controversies.

Tafsir: Interpreting the Qur'an. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies (2013)
Book
Shah, M. (Ed.). (2013). Tafsir: Interpreting the Qur'an. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies. Routledge

Within the classical Islamic tradition, the field of Qur'anic exegesis, more commonly referred to as tafsir, occupies a revered place among the traditional Muslim sciences. In the same way that the study of hadith, jurisprudence, variae lectiones (l... Read More about Tafsir: Interpreting the Qur'an. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies.

The Hadith: Articulating the Beliefs and Constructs of Classical Islam (2009)
Book
Shah, M. (Ed.). (2009). The Hadith: Articulating the Beliefs and Constructs of Classical Islam. Routledge

The Prophetic traditions of Islam, which are commonly referred to as the hadiths (literally: reports), preserve the sum and substance of the corpus of anecdotes, statements, and deeds connected with the life the Prophet Muhammad. Together with the Qu... Read More about The Hadith: Articulating the Beliefs and Constructs of Classical Islam.