TAFSIR: Qur’anic Exegesis

TAFSIR:Qur’anic Exegesis

Author: Gholamali Haddad Adel, Hassan Taromi-Rad,Mohammad Jafar Elmi

Publisher: IslamicBook Trust

ISBN: 9789670526409

Year: 2018

Weight: 0.250kg

Pages: 189pp

Price: RM40

Generation after generation of Muslim scholars haveendeavoured to uncover the implications of the Qur’anic text through thescience of Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir).

This book traces the development of Qur’anic exegesis fromits formative period in the first century hijri until the modern era. It offersa comprehensive discussion of the primary approaches to Qur’anic exegesis;namely exegesis by traditions, literary exegesis, jurisprudential exegesis,theological exegesis, mystical exegesis, scientific exegesis, modern exegesis,and orientalist exegesis. Is also discusses the requirements for an exegete andapproaches to exegesis which are considered unacceptable, such as exegesis bypersonal opinion.

This books is part of a series of translations from theEncyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI) which was originally compiled inPersian. Other entries from this encyclopaedia which are available in Englishinclude Hadith, Hawza-yi ‘Ilmuyya, History and Historiography, MuslimOrganisations, Political Parties, Qur’anic Exegeses, and Sufism.