Between Dogmatism and Speculation: A Critical Assessment of Qirā’āt Studies
This paper analyzes the current state of Western research on the variant readings of the Qur’ān and how it differs from…
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Quranic Studies Made in Austria:Approaching Quantitative Arabic Linguistics
The aim of this article is to outline the interest in the Arabic language in Europe and the beginnings of teaching Arabic and…
Digital Humanities and Qur’ānic Manuscript Studies:New Perspectives and…
The use of digital tools has revolutionized academic research in the humanities, changing its approaches, methodologies and…
Historical Criticism and Recent Trends in Western Scholarship on the…
The application of the historical-critical method to the Qur’an is sometimes viewed as an imperialist attempt to undermine…
The Composition and Writing of the Qurʾān: Old Explanations and New…
This article challenges the view, common among Western academics since early last century, that the Qurʾān was left incomplete as…
Moderation in Greek and Islamic Traditions, and a Virtue Ethics of the…
This article looks at some of the salient analyses of the concept ofwasaṭīyah (moderation) in the ancient Greek and the Islamic…
A Qur’anic Methodology for Integrating Knowledge and Education:…
Integrating knowledge and education has become a major issuein Malaysia in the context of globalization. This study develops…
Book Review: Understanding the Qur’anic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age
In the introduction to her Understanding the Qur’anic Miracle Stories in theModern Age, Isra Yazicioglu writes about the dilemma…
Book Review: Sufi Master and Qur’an Scholar: Abū’l-Qāsim al-Qushayrī and…
Over the past few years, an increasing number of academic publications havefocused on the life and work of the Sufi master and…
Book Review: The Walking Qur’an: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and…
With the introduction of new educational systems in the Muslim world duringthe late-eighteenth through the early-twentieth…
Purpose of the Creation of Man: Quran’s True Version of Anthropic Principle
Scientists, especially theoretical physicists and cosmological philosophers have always wondered the beauty of the universe,…
Generic Skills from Qur’anic Perspective
Generic skills are defined as a set of skills that are directly related and needed for the working environment. Employers prefer…
A Comparative Investigation of the Interpretation of Colour Terms in the…
The present study attempts to focus on the interpretation of colour terms in the EverGlorious Quran. The study examines whether…
Authority in Islamic Political Thought: A Study of Quranic Verses
Islamic political thought remains the most debatable field of knowledge in the present day world both in East and the West.…
The Qur’an, Orientalism and the Encyclopedia of the Qur’an by Muzaffar…
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Qur’an and Archeological Discoveries: Evidence from the Near East
This paper examines the archeological remains and historical events that took place in the ancient Near East and compares them…
The Concept of Al-I‘Tibar and the Fall of the Umayyads: An Explicatory…
This article uses the Quranic philosophy of history, al-I‘tibar, in understanding what’s, why’s and how’s, which brought about…
Qur’an and Archeological Discoveries: Evidence from the Near East
This paper examines the archeological remains and historical events that took place in the ancient Near East and compares them…
The HADITH – How it was Collected and Compiled
Al-Qur’an: The book that consists entirely of the words claimed by the Prophet to be the words of God as revealed to him. (When…
Introduction to Shīʿ a Studies: Ulum alQur’an & Hadith
The most central problem associated with Prophetic hadith has undoubtedly been their authenticity. This issue occupied Muslim…