Towards a humanistic approach to the Quran: new direction in contemporary Islamic thought

IF 0.3 0 RELIGION Culture and Religion Pub Date : 2018-12-11 DOI:10.1080/14755610.2018.1532919
Ali Akbar
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ABSTRACT Historically, Muslim orthodoxy has regarded the Quran as God’s Word dictated to Muhammad through the mediation of the Angel Gabriel, and has thus maintained the corresponding argument that the Prophet played no role in shaping the content of the Quranic revelations. This paper discusses a project of what I shall refer to as ‘reforming theology’ within contemporary Islamic scholarship which stands in contrast to the dominant orthodox view of revelation and the nature of the Quran. In particular, the paper examines how several contemporary Muslim scholars, namely Fazlur Rahman (from Pakistan), Abdolkarim Soroush and Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari (from Iran) and Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (from Egypt), challenge the widely accepted idea about the Quran being the literal Word of God. The paper argues that the project of these scholars represents a radically new direction in Islamic theology because of its strong emphasis on the human side of the Quran. It also shows that the implications of these scholars’ re-examination of traditional theories of revelation are not only limited to theological matters, or specifically the communicative relationship between God and His Prophet, but also have a number of consequences for the practice of exegesis.
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《古兰经》的人本主义研究:当代伊斯兰思想的新方向
历史上,穆斯林正统认为《古兰经》是真主通过天使加百列向穆罕默德口授的话语,并因此坚持相应的论点,即先知在塑造《古兰经》启示的内容方面没有发挥作用。这篇论文讨论了一个项目,我将称之为“改革神学”在当代伊斯兰学术中,它与占主导地位的正统观点的启示和古兰经的本质形成对比。特别是,本文考察了几位当代穆斯林学者,即Fazlur Rahman(来自巴基斯坦),Abdolkarim Soroush和Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari(来自伊朗)和Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd(来自埃及),如何挑战被广泛接受的关于《古兰经》是真主的文字的观点。本文认为,这些学者的项目代表了伊斯兰神学的一个全新方向,因为它强烈强调古兰经的人性方面。这也表明,这些学者对传统启示理论的重新审视的影响不仅局限于神学问题,或者具体地说,上帝与他的先知之间的交流关系,而且对训诂学的实践产生了一些影响。
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