Abdullah Saeed is one of Muslim scholars who concerns on contemporary Qur’anic studies very much. In his writing entitled Interpreting the Qur’an Towards A Contemporary Approach, Abdullah Saeed offers a methodology of contextual interpretation, which he called as
contextual approach, that is more detailed in comparison to other scholars on contemporary Qur’anic studies. In the writing, he offers a hierarchy of values in order to understand the ethico-legal verses. The author realized that it is an urgent need to know Abdullah Saeed’s
contextual interpretation more as a counter for the number of textual interpretation existing in Muslim community nowadays. Because of it, this article will explore the methodology of contextual interpretation introduced by Abdullah Saeed generally and the concept of a hierarchy values offered by him particularly. The author sees that the concept of a hierarchy values is a continuance of ‘general principles initiated by Fazlur Rahman. Abdullah Saeed himself has admitted that he was influenced by Fazlur Rahman’s Double movement theory in arranging his framework of contextual interpretation methodology.
Source: Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
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