This paper aims at an evaluation of various approaches to define and redefine the classical theor... more This paper aims at an evaluation of various approaches to define and redefine the classical theory of the I‘jaz (the inimitability of the Qur’ān) in the perspective of the challenges and problems faced by the Muslim society emphasising a need to cope with the rational thinking, modernity, scientific progress, psychological advancement and civilizational development, though there has been a comparatively lesser description of the rhetoricism of the Qur’ān too. It provides an account of scholarship exploring some novel dimensions of the matchlessness of the Qur’ān in the contemporaneous context. They have justified rationally and psychologically the Qur’ānic historic challenge of producing a book or its some surahs or few verses similar to the Qur’ān that has offered the irresistible call to the whole mankind: “Say: “If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other w...
Literal meaning of Naskh: Abrogation, replacement of one thing by another thing. Technical meanin... more Literal meaning of Naskh: Abrogation, replacement of one thing by another thing. Technical meaning: Lifting of law of Shari'ah by some other evidence of Shari'ah. Naasikh: That Ayat of the Qur'an which abrogates either recitation or command or both of some other Ayat of the Qur'an. Mansookh: That Ayat of the Qur'an which is abrogated. Al-Qur'an says: "None of Our revelations do we abrogate or cancel to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar. Knowest thou not that Allah hath power over all things." (2:106) From the earliest days, scholars have written about Naskh. Among them were Qatada bin Da'ama al-Sadousi, Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Salam, Abu Dawood al-Sijistani, Abu Jaafar al-Nahhas, Wahba Allah ibn Salama al-Dareer, Ibn al-Arabi, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ibn al-Anbari. In his index, Ibn al Nadim (d.380/990) has listed 17 books on the subject that were available at his time. The Daoudi lists in his book: Tabaqatul Mufassireen names of ...
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Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equa... more Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equality between men and women. They have produced numerous works and delivered many lectures related to the topic of women in Islam. The two writers, like other feministic' writers of their league, have criticized and rejected the methodology of traditional' Muslim scholars regarding the exegesis of the Qur'an and declared it to be the means by which the male exegetes have been able to produce misogynistic reading of the Qur'an. Subsequently, they claim to have reread the Qur'an from a woman's perspective and rid it of its patriarchal readings by proposing hermeneutical; models different from that of traditional scholars.4 First of all, this article briefly addresses a question in this regard: Whether these writers are justified in applying western hermeneutics to the study of Qur'an. Secondly, it critically analyzes the hermeneutical models proposed by the two writers and thirdly, whether these writers have succeeded in ridding the Scripture off its patriarchal readings as they claim to do.
Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equa... more Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equality between men and women. They have produced numerous works and delivered many lectures related to the topic of women in Islam. The two writers, like other feministic' writers of their league, have criticized and rejected the methodology of traditional' Muslim scholars regarding the exegesis of the Qur'an and declared it to be the means by which the male exegetes have been able to produce misogynistic reading of the Qur'an. Subsequently, they claim to have reread the Qur'an from a woman's perspective and rid it of its patriarchal readings by proposing hermeneutical; models different from that of traditional scholars.4 First of all, this article briefly addresses a question in this regard: Whether these writers are justified in applying western hermeneutics to the study of Qur'an. Secondly, it critically analyzes the hermeneutical models proposed by the two w...
Naskh, in Arabic, means lifting and removing. In Islamic terminology, it means lifting a ruling i... more Naskh, in Arabic, means lifting and removing. In Islamic terminology, it means lifting a ruling indicated by a shar'┘ text on the basis of evidence. The Qur'┐ n says: "None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten but We substitute something better or similar; knowest thou not that Allah hath power over all things?". 1 According to some Muslim commentators, more than 500 verses of the Qur'┐ n have been abrogated. Others concede only 5 verses while others deny there is any abrogation. This difference of opinion is because the Ulam┐ ' of early period of Islam of Islam have used the word: Naskh in a general and comprehensive sense which includes the total repeal of an injunction as well as a partial change in an injunction with the addition of certain conditions, provisions or exceptions. That is why, the Ulam┐ 'of the earlier period have indicated some five hundred verses of the Qur'┐ n which, in their opinion, have been abrogated. B...
This paper aims at an evaluation of various approaches to define and redefine the classical theor... more This paper aims at an evaluation of various approaches to define and redefine the classical theory of the I‘jaz (the inimitability of the Qur’ān) in the perspective of the challenges and problems faced by the Muslim society emphasising a need to cope with the rational thinking, modernity, scientific progress, psychological advancement and civilizational development, though there has been a comparatively lesser description of the rhetoricism of the Qur’ān too. It provides an account of scholarship exploring some novel dimensions of the matchlessness of the Qur’ān in the contemporaneous context. They have justified rationally and psychologically the Qur’ānic historic challenge of producing a book or its some surahs or few verses similar to the Qur’ān that has offered the irresistible call to the whole mankind: “Say: “If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other w...
Literal meaning of Naskh: Abrogation, replacement of one thing by another thing. Technical meanin... more Literal meaning of Naskh: Abrogation, replacement of one thing by another thing. Technical meaning: Lifting of law of Shari'ah by some other evidence of Shari'ah. Naasikh: That Ayat of the Qur'an which abrogates either recitation or command or both of some other Ayat of the Qur'an. Mansookh: That Ayat of the Qur'an which is abrogated. Al-Qur'an says: "None of Our revelations do we abrogate or cancel to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar. Knowest thou not that Allah hath power over all things." (2:106) From the earliest days, scholars have written about Naskh. Among them were Qatada bin Da'ama al-Sadousi, Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Salam, Abu Dawood al-Sijistani, Abu Jaafar al-Nahhas, Wahba Allah ibn Salama al-Dareer, Ibn al-Arabi, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ibn al-Anbari. In his index, Ibn al Nadim (d.380/990) has listed 17 books on the subject that were available at his time. The Daoudi lists in his book: Tabaqatul Mufassireen names of ...
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jun 1, 2016
Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equa... more Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equality between men and women. They have produced numerous works and delivered many lectures related to the topic of women in Islam. The two writers, like other feministic' writers of their league, have criticized and rejected the methodology of traditional' Muslim scholars regarding the exegesis of the Qur'an and declared it to be the means by which the male exegetes have been able to produce misogynistic reading of the Qur'an. Subsequently, they claim to have reread the Qur'an from a woman's perspective and rid it of its patriarchal readings by proposing hermeneutical; models different from that of traditional scholars.4 First of all, this article briefly addresses a question in this regard: Whether these writers are justified in applying western hermeneutics to the study of Qur'an. Secondly, it critically analyzes the hermeneutical models proposed by the two writers and thirdly, whether these writers have succeeded in ridding the Scripture off its patriarchal readings as they claim to do.
Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equa... more Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas are among the few writers of our times who champion the cause of equality between men and women. They have produced numerous works and delivered many lectures related to the topic of women in Islam. The two writers, like other feministic' writers of their league, have criticized and rejected the methodology of traditional' Muslim scholars regarding the exegesis of the Qur'an and declared it to be the means by which the male exegetes have been able to produce misogynistic reading of the Qur'an. Subsequently, they claim to have reread the Qur'an from a woman's perspective and rid it of its patriarchal readings by proposing hermeneutical; models different from that of traditional scholars.4 First of all, this article briefly addresses a question in this regard: Whether these writers are justified in applying western hermeneutics to the study of Qur'an. Secondly, it critically analyzes the hermeneutical models proposed by the two w...
Naskh, in Arabic, means lifting and removing. In Islamic terminology, it means lifting a ruling i... more Naskh, in Arabic, means lifting and removing. In Islamic terminology, it means lifting a ruling indicated by a shar'┘ text on the basis of evidence. The Qur'┐ n says: "None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten but We substitute something better or similar; knowest thou not that Allah hath power over all things?". 1 According to some Muslim commentators, more than 500 verses of the Qur'┐ n have been abrogated. Others concede only 5 verses while others deny there is any abrogation. This difference of opinion is because the Ulam┐ ' of early period of Islam of Islam have used the word: Naskh in a general and comprehensive sense which includes the total repeal of an injunction as well as a partial change in an injunction with the addition of certain conditions, provisions or exceptions. That is why, the Ulam┐ 'of the earlier period have indicated some five hundred verses of the Qur'┐ n which, in their opinion, have been abrogated. B...
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