Philanthropy (Tabarru’at) in Islam and Its Four Shari’ah Objectives
In Islam, the term tabarru’at (philanthropy) connote extending of wealth or benefit generating from the wealth to people free…
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Role of Women in Sustaining a Taqwa Based Society: an Islamic Perspective
Women, as men, are equally important for a smooth and balanced persistence of the human society. Women play a significant role…
Humanity and Brotherhood: A Brief Study of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and his…
The whole humanity that is currently in deep crisis shall not attain peace and happiness until and unless it is truly united…
Islamic Modernist and Reformist Thought: A Study of the Contribution of Sir…
Muslim modernists, from Middle East to South Asia, asserted the need to ‘reinterpret and reapply’ the principles and ideals of…
The heart and cardiovascular system in the Qur’an and Hadeeth
Descriptions of the human anatomy derived from religious texts are often omitted from the medical literature. The present review…
Evil and Human Suffering in Islamic Thought—Towards a Mystical Theodicy
This paper sheds light on the treatment of the ‘problem of evil’ and human suffering from an Islamic perspective. I begin by…
Christians and Christianity in Islamic Exegesis
The Qur’an assumes its auditors’ familiarity with Christianity—especially doctrines such as the Trinity and Incarnation—and has …
A CONTEXTUAL METHOD OF INTERPRETING THE QUR’AN: A SEARCH FOR THE…
The Qur’an, the Holy Book, the guidance for Muslims’ lives, was revealed in Arabic. It is believed that Arabic was chosen as the…
The socio-political implications of translating the Quran
This paper investigates the socio-political implications of Quranic translations in the formation of a new public discourse in…
A BRIEF INTRODUCTIONTO QUR’ANIC EXEGESIS
A Brief Introduction to Qur’anic Exegesis by Ali Suleiman Ali aims to introduce students of sciences of tafsir to the historical…
NTERSECTIONS: MODERNITY, GENDER, AND QURʾANIC EXEGESIS
Modernity imparted a new theoretical significance to the issue of gender reform in the Muslim world. This dissertation examines…
Schools of Qur’anic Exegesis: Genesis and development
Qur’anic exegesis is a literary activity whose function is the elucidation of the clear and ambiguous aspects of the Scripture…
Al-Mizan An Exegesis of the Qur’an, vol 2
he second volume of the renowned commentary on the Holy Qur'an written by one of its greatest modern commentators. This volume…
The Integration of Science-Technology and Living Environment through Islam…
Sciences play an important role for human in living their life and technology constitutes the embodiment of human’s systemic…
Faith and Freedom: The Qur’anic Notion of Freedom of Religion vs. the Act…
The issue of freedom of religion has always been situated at the intersection between human rights, personal freedom of choice,…
THE PILGRIMAGE TO MAKKAH
Islam considers itself to be the very last religion to be revealed to mankind before the Day of Judgment, and the Prophet…
ANIMAL RIGHTS IN ISLAM
Both the Qur'an and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Hadith) frequently mention animals. The Qur'an declares that God does…
ANALYSIS ON LOGIC IN MI‛YĀR AL-‛ILM FĪ FANN AL-MANÙIQ
Mi‛yār al-‛Ilm fī Fann al-ManÏiq of al-Ghazālī is the first book on Islamic logic. But a specific, comprehensive and exclusive…
Islamic Philosophy A–Z
Islamic philosophy is like all philosophy when tied in with a religion in having indistinct parameters and requiring an…
Man and Universe
Abstract
Man himself being a kind of animal, has many things in common with other animals. At the same time he has many…