Is the Qur’ān a linguistic miracle – or just inept?
FIRST OF ALL, at the beginning of the verse the author of the Qur’ān describes Allah by saying: He it is…
‘The Best Centuries’ – How should we understand history? – 2
MORE THAN A TOOL for the transmission of hadiths, the isnād informed history, politics and power. ‘Alī al-Dayrī’s work The Best of Centuries:…
‘The Best Centuries’ – How should we understand history? – 1
A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING of heritage should be a necessity for those who specialize in religious sciences. We have specialists writing…
Is the Qur’ān the work of Muslims? – 2
JUST AS WITH the Biblical text, the Qur’ān includes many phrases such as ‘Praise be to God’, and supplications, poems,…
Is the Qur’ān the work of Muslims? – 1
TODAY THE TRADITIONAL current is losing ground as new scholars use research methods similar to those used in biblical criticism…
The saj‘-rhymes in the Qur’ān
THE TEXT OF THE VERSE runs as follows: And they followed what the Shaytans chanted of sorcery in the reign…
The Hijab is a political slogan – 2
IN ANY SOCIETAL issue that is marked by continuous change and influence from the cultural and social environment, such as…
The Hijab is a political slogan – 1
WE NEED FIRST to shed some light on the plurality of religious opinions and interpretations, old and new, concerning the…
The Sahih hadith collections – between Sunnis and Shi‘is
THIS IS HARDLY SURPRISING, in that each call the other by opprobrious names: Sunnīs call the Shī‘a Rāfiḍīs. The Rāfiḍa group arose when…
The borderlines between the religious and the mundane
IN A NEW PATTERN of human existence Man’s relationship with Man, with material things, with knowledge, truth, memory, time and place,…