What is the Sharīʻa?
BUT WHAT, FIRST OF ALL, is the Sharīʻa? I should say, at the outset, that Sharīʻa is not what the…
Understanding an abrogation in the Revelation – 2
THIS IS THE SAME theme that the Jews of Yathrib expressed following the migration, when the Prophet turned the Muslims…
Understanding an abrogation in the Revelation – 1
IT IS ALSO NARRATED that he recited the Sūrat al-Najm in the Sacred Mosque before the leaders of Quraysh, along with…
Verse 10 of Surat Al-Fath and its role in consolidating power
CONSIDERED FROM ANOTHER angle this is one of the verses that strengthens the authority of the sovereign and establishes his…
The Qur’ānic text – Hypothesis 5
SUCH A SPEECH has therefore to exist as a result of one of three conditions: either it is written in…
The Qur’ānic text – Hypothesis 4
ONCE AGAIN, the problem is not that ‘Uthman set about fixing an official Qur’an – that is what his predecessors…
The Qur’ānic text – Hypothesis 3
FIRSTLY, THE SURA BEARS the name Al-Fatiha, or ‘the Opening’ of the Book, but it is a name that is not…
The concept and pillars of renewal
IN MY CONCEPTION of renewal, I mean a new understanding of religion and its central role in life, a reconstruction…
Ibn Rushd and the problem of the rational and the transmitted
THE READER OF THE ABOVE three texts will observe some important features that can be summarized as follows: These texts…
Exploring Islam’s position on violence – 2
THE ISSUE IS THEREFORE not limited to support and financing, nor even to ‘misconceptions’, for the sense of certitude that…