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Title

The Qur'an and its readers worldwide : contemporary commentaries and translations / edited by Suha Taji-Farouki.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Taji-Farouki, Suha.
• Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Description

xviii, 633 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm

Summary

Today, Arabic-speaking Muslims, in whose tongue the Qur'an was revealed, make up no more than twenty per cent of the world Muslim population. This volume explores the endeavour by Muslims using diverse languages and from different regions to explain the meanings of the Qur'an. It introduces Qur'an commentaries and translations from the twentieth century to the present day, ranging across the regions of the traditional Islamic heartlands to the new loci of global Islam. Chapters examine works in Malay, Chinese, Urdu, Swahili, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, German, and English, each viewed in terms of the impact of modernity on the encounter with the Qur'an. This book examines defining trends in Qur'an commentary worldwide, addressing questions of authorship, message, intended readership and media of communication. It looks at the continued relevance of Qur'an commentary as an authoritative Islamic tradition in a period of growing direct individual engagement with the sacred text. It also highlights debates concerning Qur'anic meaning in translation that are pertinent for many millions of Muslims, and which look set to grow in tandem with globalisation.0Situating Qur'anic commentarial texts in their cultural and national settings, the volume focuses attention on the relationship between language, culture and socio-political environment in Qur'an commentary and translation. It highlights the linkages between texts as well as the developments and debates which generated them, and to which they respond, whether associated with colonial realities, the challenges of nation building, or the search for ways to reconstruct Islamic culture in the face of new legal frameworks or societal models.

Series Statement

Qur'anic Studies Series ; 14

Uniform Title

Qur'anic studies series ; 14.

Subject

• Qurʼan > Commentaries > History and criticism > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Suha Taji-Farouki -- 2. Qurʼan Translation and Commentary in Early Twentieth-Century Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mehrned Džemaludin Čaušević (d. 1938) / Enes Karić and Suha Taji-Farouki -- 3. A Turkish Exegesis of the Early Twentieth Century: Elmalill Muhammad Hamdi Yazır (d. 1942) and his Hak Dini Kurʼan Dili Ismail Albayrak -- 4. The Urdu Qurʼanic Commentary of Muhammad Shafiʻ (d. 1976): Maʻarijuʼl-Qurʼan /Mustansir Mir -- 5. A Public-Figure Mufassir from the Malay-Indonesian World: Hamka (d. 1981) and his Tafsir al-Azhar / Anthony H. Johns and Suha Taji-Farouki -- 6. Persian Qurʼanic Networks, Modernity and the Writings of 'an Iranian Lady', Nusrat Amin Khanum 275(d. 1983) / Travis Zadeh -- 7. The Journey of an Egyptian Exegete from Hermeneutics to Humanity: ʻAisha Abd al-Rahman (Bint al-Shatiʼ) (d. 1998) and her Approach to Tafsir / Shuruq Naguib -- 8. An Islamist Tafsir in English: The Ascendant Qur'an by Muhammad al-ʻAsi (b. 1951) / Suha Taji-Farouki -- 9. Polemics and Language in Swahili Translations of the Qurʼan: Mubarak Ahmad (d. 2001), Abdullah Saleh al-Farsy (d. 1982) and Ali Muhsin al-Barwani (d. 2006) / Farouk Topan -- 10. Setting the Record Straight: Contemporary Interpretations of Q. 4:34 by German Muslims / Andreas Christmann -- 11. Twentieth-Century Qur'an Translations in the Hui Muslim Community of China and their Antecedents: A Social History 533 / Michael Dillon

Call Number

JFD 16-1529

ISBN

• 9780198754770
• 0198754779

OCLC

913853287

Title

The Qur'an and its readers worldwide : contemporary commentaries and translations / edited by Suha Taji-Farouki.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Qur'anic Studies Series ; 14

Qur'anic studies series ; 14.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Taji-Farouki, Suha.

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Research Call Number

JFD 16-1529