The word “fasting” (ṣawm) is used in the Qur’an to describe the ritual fast or the month of Ramadan. Scholars define fasting as “abstaining from food, drink and sexual activity” and frequently reference verse 2:183-185 as…
[Book Review] Tauseef Ahmad Parray, Recent Trends in Qur’anic Scholarship (New Delhi: Viva Books, 2020), xxxv + 304 pages. | Reviewed by Owais Manzoor Dar The Qur’anic studies is a rich academic sub-field of Islamic…
When I was speaking at the Jewish Museum of Berlin on the Story of Abraham’s/Ibrāhīm’s sacrifice in the Islamic tradition, a protestant minister on one of the panels stood up and passionately argued that Abraham/Ibrāhīm…
Johanna Pink’s Muslim Qurʾānic Interpretation Today examines the context in which modern Qurʾānic interpretations takes place and how these contexts shape the style and contents of Qur’anic exegesis. With the goal of presenting a transregional…
In the twenty-first century academic world, a surge of literature is being produced on Islam, especially on its primary sources —the noble Qur’an and Hadith/ Seerah. Globally reputed publishers—such as Ashgate, Brill, Cambridge, Edinburg, Harvard,…
Ramon Harvey. The Qur’an and the Just Society (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018). 276 pages. $125,- hardcopy, $39.95 paperback. | Reviewed by Arnold Yasin Mol. This article is part I of the book review, reflecting on Ramon…
The Maydan is proud to partner with www.islamiccourses.com to present a video-recording of Professor Yasin Dutton’s lecture titled “The Qur’an as a Multiform Oral Text & The Utility of Early Manuscripts.” The lecture was organized…
The story of the intended sacrifice is an integral part of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, or the “Abrahamic faiths.”[1] For Jews, the story lays the basis for “an exclusive covenantal relationship with God.”[2] Abraham’s intended…