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Islam and civilisational renewal, Jan 15, 2018
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Islam and civilisational renewal, Oct 15, 2016
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Islam and Civilisational Renewal, 2017
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American Journal of Islam and Society, 2018
The most famous Ḥadīth collection, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, records ‘Umar, theSecond Caliph, to have sai... more The most famous Ḥadīth collection, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, records ‘Umar, theSecond Caliph, to have said, “We did not value women as anything duringthe ‘period of ignorance’ until Islam came and started mentioning them,because of which we took into consideration their rights upon us” (ḤadīthNo. 5505). This narration, along with a multitude of other Qur’anic injunctionsand Prophetic sayings, plus the practice of the Prophetic era, makes it clear that Islam elevates the status of women, encourages (indeed ensures)their participation in the society, and makes them the vibrant contributorsalongside men. But, ironically, in the subsequent periods of Muslim history,the jurisdiction of women in Muslim societies was reduced to the confinesof the household, depriving them of active social participation. While thereis no denying that some external political factors and cultural influences ledto this situation, the ‘religious’/ ‘Islamic’ overtone given to this non-Islamicdiscrimination against women...
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American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 2019
The present book is based on the author’s doctoral research (duly modified) on contract law in Ma... more The present book is based on the author’s doctoral research (duly modified) on contract law in Malaysia. It is primarily concerned with the dialectical tension between contractual justice and freedom of contract and the resultant “plethora of battles” (hence the plural ‘wars’ in the title) fought on the “doctrinal/theoretical fronts over a jurisprudential landscape.” The book engages the notion of contractual justice in the context of Malaysian contract law, its role in the adjudication of contract cases, and its realization vis-à-vis the freedom of contract and the legislative grounds Malaysian courts have in such situations.
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American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 2018
The Qur’an, the divinely revealed scripture of Islam, is not merely a book of commandments and pr... more The Qur’an, the divinely revealed scripture of Islam, is not merely a book of commandments and prohibitions. Rather, the bulk of the Qur’an is related to faith: divinely communicated answers to existential questions about the origin of life and universe, the place of humankind in the cosmos, the relation between human, cosmos, and Creator, and more. The Islamic viewpoint regarding the nature, origin, and destiny of the universe in relation with the Creator forms the subject matter of Islamic cosmology, and of this book.This book is part of the author’s larger, yet-unpublished project on the scientific exegesis of the Qur’an. Maintaining that the Qur’an presents multiple pictures of the universe, instead of a single monolithic picture, the author has divided the main content of the book into seven chapters among which the last five elaborate such “pictures”. These include the astronomical picture (chapter three), the architectural picture (chapter four), the picture of the cosmos as ...
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Al-Bayān – Journal of Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies, 2018
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Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium, 2018
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Islam and Civilisational Renewal, 2016
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ALIGARH JOURNAL OF QURANIC STUDIES, 2019
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ALIGARH JOURNAL OF QURANIC STUDIES, 2018
he Noble Qur'ān, the Divine Scripture of Islam, lays an unequivocal emphasis on purposiveness and... more he Noble Qur'ān, the Divine Scripture of Islam, lays an unequivocal emphasis on purposiveness and purposefulness. This is testified by the frequent and recurrent references to the wisdom and purpose in various Divine acts like the creation of the universe and the multitude of phenomena occurring in it continuously. Given that human beings represent the pinnacle of the Divine act of creation being honored with the status of the cream of creation, human life cannot be meaningless. The Qur'ān draws our attention to the meaningfulness of human life. It asks its adherents to refrain from living a vain life and exhorts them to search for the meaning in their lives thereby adopting a purposive attitude to the same. In the modern period, humanity has severed its connection with the Transcendent due to its over-reliance on matter and over-confidence in its exploitation by the human reason. This, ultimately, culminated in increased nihilistic tendencies in human beings as testified by the surge of postmodernism in various domains of being and becoming. In this backdrop, highlighting the Qur'ānic discourse on purposiveness and meaningfulness becomes all the more important as it is an ultimate source of optimism in the worst pessimistic milieu. The present paper seeks to discuss the importance of purposiveness in the light of Qur'ānic teachings along with the objectives of the Qur'ān itself.
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Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah is the umbrella term representing the higher goals and objectives of the Shar... more Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah is the umbrella term representing the higher goals and objectives of the Sharī'ah, the Divine path decreed by the Creator for the welfare of humanity herein and hereafter. Human society is an evolving organism and subject to a continuous change so much so that it can be justifiably said that " change is the only constant. " The modern society is the epitome of this change as it witnessed rapid and profound transformation drifting away radically from its past. The magnitude of change in the modern period is such that it supersedes the overall transformation in human society from its inception to the pre-modern period. The characteristic features of the modern society are designated by the term 'modernity' which, in the words of Anthony Giddens, is " the embodiment of modern society. " To sustain the claim of universality of the Islamic Sharī'ah in the face of such enormous change, it becomes imperative for Muslim scholars to employ an interpretive paradigm that addresses the challenges of the present times and thereby seeks to ascertain the relevance of tradition in the age of modernity. One such interpretive paradigm is Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah, that brings about a purposive study of the Islamic Sharī'ah thus addressing the demands of 'reason' (along with revelation) that is one of the salient features of modernity. The present paper seeks to discuss the role of Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah as an interpretive paradigm to engage with modernity.
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The concept of human nature is central to both Islamic and Western thought, as manifested in the ... more The concept of human nature is central to both Islamic and Western thought, as manifested in the rich legacy of literature on human psychology in both intellectual traditions. A comprehensive account of human nature (or fitrah) from an Islamic perspective, can be gleaned from the Qur'ān, Prophetic narrations and works of Muslim scholars like al-Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā and al-Rāzī. The famous Zaytūna Imām, Tāhir Ibn ̒ Āshūr (d.1973), in his book on the objectives of Islamic Law, Maqāsid al–Sharī'ah al-Islāmiyyah, provides a fitrah-based model for building human civilisation, thereby linking Islamic law to psychology. The present paper is a humble attempt to study the views of Ibn 'Āshūr on human nature and to highlight the relevance of Islamic perspectives on the 'human being' with regards to civilisational development.
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From his very inception man is dependent on his fellow beings for both his life as well as surviv... more From his very inception man is dependent on his fellow beings for both his life as well as survival. The extent of dependency on others is largest in case of human beings among all living creatures. Owing to this dependency on the one hand and the self-consciousness of human beings on the other, a continuous tussle between the " individual " and the " community " arises in human society. To cope with this tussle and ensure the existence of a peaceful and harmonious society, the evolution of a system of mutual rights and obligations becomes indispensable. It guarantees both the fulfillment of the rights of individual on one hand and prevention of the violation of the rights of the community on the other. The Quran, the primary source of Islam mentions not only the rights of Allah but is more replete with the mention of the rights of fellow human beings and lays more emphasis on their
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ALIGARH JOURNAL OF QURANIC STUDIES, 2019
bibliography is much more than a mere list of books; it portrays major developments and trends in... more bibliography is much more than a mere list of books; it portrays major developments and trends in the concerned subject and gives an idea of the various shifts and waves in the intellectual history of a particular field. The Holy Qur'ān, the Scripture of Islam, has remained the focus of intellectual engagement throughout history right from its revelation. This has resulted in a rich corpus of the Qur'anic scholarship spread over a range of subfields including translations of the Qur'ān in different languages, commentaries of the Qur'an, Qur'anic lexicon, principles of the Qur'anic exegesis, Qur'anic sciences, etc. During the modern period, the Western imperialism paved the way for globalization of English language which, in turn, has culminated in the proliferation of literature on Islam in English. The Qur'anic scholarship in English has not only superseded other languages, including Arabic, the language of the Qur'ān, it has also flooded rather, in a sense, monopolized the academia. The constant flow of English translations of the Qur'ān, especially by non-Muslims, is the most striking indicator of the market forces prompting intellectual production. Though the political economy of this knowledge production is yet to be seriously studied, it is beyond the scope of the present review; the immediate concern is reviewing the present book listing the academic research on the Qur'ān in English with brief annotations. The book under review aptly titled as Academic Research on the Qur'an: A Critical Bibliography is an important reference work on the Qur'an. The bibliographer, Sajid Shaffi, Research Scholar in Islamic Studies at AMU, Aligarh, has listed 490 theses (364 doctoral and 124 masters) on different aspects, themes and sub-fields of
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