Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

A Review of the book "Major Themes of the QUR'AN" by Fazlur Rahman

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
PhD Student in Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Iran
Abstract
Fazlur Rahman is one of the greatest researchers of the Islamic philosophy. The "MAJOR THEMES OF THE QUR'AN" is one of his most important essays to obviate the contrast between the Islam and modern world. The holistic attitude of this book is againts two other approaches; one of them is the way which most of orientalists historicaly evaluate the Quran, which means they never read it as an oracle book but they just concider the historical events of it with an outside and non-sympathetic perspective or how they suffice cheking the Arab literature when it comes to study the terms of Quran. The other one is the common muslims "line by line cheking" way that comprises a partial and non-holistic point of view which leads to neglect the basic consepts and orientations of Quran ,  which all of them make sense in that generality context. In fact this book is an effort in order to remark the defects of two mentioned ways in Quran study.
Keywords

فضل‌الرحمان، ملک (1397) مضامین اصلی قرآن، ترجمه فاطمه علاقه‌بندی، چاپ اول، تهران: کرگدن.
عباسی، مهرداد (1398) «فضل‌الرحمان و قرآن‌پژوهی در دنیای جدید»، انجمن مطالعات قرآنی، یازدهمین نشست از سلسله نشست‌های اندیشه‌ورزی قرآنی.
Fazlur, R, M. (1980). Major themes of Quran, Biblio the Islamica.
Watt, W.M (1950). “Early Discussions about the Quran”, the Muslim World.

  • Receive Date 11 April 2022
  • Accept Date 25 July 2022
  • First Publish Date 25 July 2022
  • Publish Date 25 July 2022