Mustafa Shah
Biographic Data
| ID | 3662368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mustafa Shah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mustafa |
| FAMILY NAME | Shah |
| SIGNATURE | SHAH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies
Including contributions from over fifty leading experts, The Oxford Handbook of Qur’anic Studies presents an authoritative collection of studies which guide the reader through the core subjects, themes, and debates dominating the academic engagement with the text of the Qur’an. With the aim of serving as an indispensable reference resource, the Handbook considers not only discussions shaping the study of the text today, but also their implication…
Abdul Aziz bin Sattam, Sharia and the Concept of Benefit
of this unusual work.However, it also has the effect of shrinking the global phenomenon of the English Qur'an to a post-9/11 American dimension.In conclusion, this book is a first step towards charting the field of English Qur'an translation.The quest for a global perspective on the field will most likely continue.Further steps will require systematic thinking about the role of imperial languages in scholarship, colonies, Muslim diasporas, and gl…
Inquisition in Early Islam
First paragraph: The dramatic events surrounding the miḥna (inquisition) have been the subject of immense academic interest over recent years. It is frequently acknowledged that their historical unfolding represents a key milestone in the history of early Islamic theological thought; and many scholars link the political fortunes of the early ʿAbbāsid empire to the episode. Imposed by the caliph al-Maʾmūn (ruled 198-218/813-833), during the miḥna …
Al-Ṭabarī and the Dynamics of tafsīr
The Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān is fittingly recognised as representing an important milestone in the history of the discipline of tafsīr: within the work, al-Ṭabarī accomplished a uniquely comprehensive exegetical synthesis of literary, grammatical, legal and theological elements, bringing a broader sense of definition and purpose to the discipline of tafsīr. Among the characteristic features of the scholarship of al-Ṭabarī are the ob…
Classical Islamic Discourse on the Origins of Language
Classical Islamic scholarship developed two principal theses on the subject of the origin of language (aṣl al-lugha). The first of these theses, commonly referred to as tawqīf, accentuated the pre-eminent role that divine agency played in the imposition of language; axiomatic within this perspective is the view that words (lafẓ pl. alfāẓ) have been assigned their meanings (maʿnā pl. maʿānī) primordially by God. Presented as something of an antith…
Trajectories in the Development of Islamic Theological Thought
The field of Islamic theology (kalām) is not merely a receptacle for the presentation of the creedal statements and doctrinal catechisms of Islam; it derives itsraison d'êtrenot only from the articulation and elucidation of the doctrines of faith, but also by means of its rational and painstaking explication of dogma. While many of the dogmatic statements expressed in Islamic theology naturally emanate from a traditional substratum, countless mor…
Lenn E. Goodman, Islamic Humanism
The Quest for the Origins of the qurrāc in the Classical Islamic Tradition
The Early Arabic Grammarians' Contributions to the Collection and Authentication of Qur'anic Readings
The ninth and tenth centuries of the classical Islamic tradition are often viewed as periods in which distinctive shifts towards the consolidation, standardisation and homogeneity of Islamic thought and concepts are discernible. Accordingly, Ibn Mujāhid's authorship of his renowned Kitāb al-Sab c a and his efforts to accentuate a set of seven Qur'anic readings are invariably contextualised within the accommodating confines of these perceived shif…
Exploring the Genesis of Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
Exploring the Genesis of Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
While Part I of this article examined the role played by Kūfan readers and grammarians in the genesis of Arabic linguistic thought, furnishing a synopsis of issues such as origins, features, and influential individuals, Part II focuses upon a similar treatment of the contribution made by Baṣran readers and grammarians to the development of this tradition. The article will outline Baṣran readers' attempts to devise and implement improvements to or…
Exploring the Genesis of Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
The Qur'anic reading tradition's approach to Arabic linguistic thought was largely prefigured by the desire to preserve physically the oral language of scripture, ensuring its textual integrity was never compromised. Qur'anic readers evolved rudimentary models of linguistic thought which were purposefully anchored to the service of scripture. These readers devised improvements in orthography; they devoted treatises to the articulation of scriptur…
The Philological Endeavours of the Early Arabic Linguists
The concluding part of the article pursues the theoretical arguments which relate to the tawqīf-işṭilāḥ debate on the origin of language and the intricate link with the concept of majāz. The article attempts to show how the question of the origin of language was imported into the controversy relating to the resort to metaphor and figurative language in the exegesis of the Qur'an and Prophetic dicta. Moreover, there was concern in some quarters th…
The Philological Endeavours of the Early Arabic Linguists
This article examines a number of issues relating to discussions of the origin of language and related topics among early Arabic linguists. A number of these discussions treated the topic of the ‘revelationist’ view of language (tawqīf), and the opposing view that language had developed as a result of human convention (iṣṭilāḥ). It has been suggested that religious doctrine hampered the development of the linguistic tradition, as theologically mo…
Trajectories in the Development of Islamic Theological Thought
The field of Islamic theology (kalām) is not merely a receptacle for the presentation of the creedal statements and doctrinal catechisms of Islam; it derives itsraison d'êtrenot only from the articulation and elucidation of the doctrines of faith, but also by means of its rational and painstaking explication of dogma. While many of the dogmatic statements expressed in Islamic theology naturally emanate from a traditional substratum, countless mor…
The Philological Endeavours of the Early Arabic Linguists
This article examines a number of issues relating to discussions of the origin of language and related topics among early Arabic linguists. A number of these discussions treated the topic of the ‘revelationist’ view of language (tawqīf), and the opposing view that language had developed as a result of human convention (iṣṭilāḥ). It has been suggested that religious doctrine hampered the development of the linguistic tradition, as theologically mo…
The Philological Endeavours of the Early Arabic Linguists
The concluding part of the article pursues the theoretical arguments which relate to the tawqīf-işṭilāḥ debate on the origin of language and the intricate link with the concept of majāz. The article attempts to show how the question of the origin of language was imported into the controversy relating to the resort to metaphor and figurative language in the exegesis of the Qur'an and Prophetic dicta. Moreover, there was concern in some quarters th…
Exploring the Genesis of Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
Exploring the Genesis of Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
While Part I of this article examined the role played by Kūfan readers and grammarians in the genesis of Arabic linguistic thought, furnishing a synopsis of issues such as origins, features, and influential individuals, Part II focuses upon a similar treatment of the contribution made by Baṣran readers and grammarians to the development of this tradition. The article will outline Baṣran readers' attempts to devise and implement improvements to or…
Exploring the Genesis of Early Arabic Linguistic Thought
The Qur'anic reading tradition's approach to Arabic linguistic thought was largely prefigured by the desire to preserve physically the oral language of scripture, ensuring its textual integrity was never compromised. Qur'anic readers evolved rudimentary models of linguistic thought which were purposefully anchored to the service of scripture. These readers devised improvements in orthography; they devoted treatises to the articulation of scriptur…
The Early Arabic Grammarians' Contributions to the Collection and Authentication of Qur'anic Readings
The ninth and tenth centuries of the classical Islamic tradition are often viewed as periods in which distinctive shifts towards the consolidation, standardisation and homogeneity of Islamic thought and concepts are discernible. Accordingly, Ibn Mujāhid's authorship of his renowned Kitāb al-Sab c a and his efforts to accentuate a set of seven Qur'anic readings are invariably contextualised within the accommodating confines of these perceived shif…
The Quest for the Origins of the qurrāc in the Classical Islamic Tradition
Lenn E. Goodman, Islamic Humanism
Trajectories in the Development of Islamic Theological Thought
The field of Islamic theology (kalām) is not merely a receptacle for the presentation of the creedal statements and doctrinal catechisms of Islam; it derives itsraison d'êtrenot only from the articulation and elucidation of the doctrines of faith, but also by means of its rational and painstaking explication of dogma. While many of the dogmatic statements expressed in Islamic theology naturally emanate from a traditional substratum, countless mor…
Classical Islamic Discourse on the Origins of Language
Classical Islamic scholarship developed two principal theses on the subject of the origin of language (aṣl al-lugha). The first of these theses, commonly referred to as tawqīf, accentuated the pre-eminent role that divine agency played in the imposition of language; axiomatic within this perspective is the view that words (lafẓ pl. alfāẓ) have been assigned their meanings (maʿnā pl. maʿānī) primordially by God. Presented as something of an antith…
Al-Ṭabarī and the Dynamics of tafsīr
The Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān is fittingly recognised as representing an important milestone in the history of the discipline of tafsīr: within the work, al-Ṭabarī accomplished a uniquely comprehensive exegetical synthesis of literary, grammatical, legal and theological elements, bringing a broader sense of definition and purpose to the discipline of tafsīr. Among the characteristic features of the scholarship of al-Ṭabarī are the ob…
Inquisition in Early Islam
First paragraph: The dramatic events surrounding the miḥna (inquisition) have been the subject of immense academic interest over recent years. It is frequently acknowledged that their historical unfolding represents a key milestone in the history of early Islamic theological thought; and many scholars link the political fortunes of the early ʿAbbāsid empire to the episode. Imposed by the caliph al-Maʾmūn (ruled 198-218/813-833), during the miḥna …
Abdul Aziz bin Sattam, Sharia and the Concept of Benefit
of this unusual work.However, it also has the effect of shrinking the global phenomenon of the English Qur'an to a post-9/11 American dimension.In conclusion, this book is a first step towards charting the field of English Qur'an translation.The quest for a global perspective on the field will most likely continue.Further steps will require systematic thinking about the role of imperial languages in scholarship, colonies, Muslim diasporas, and gl…
The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies
Including contributions from over fifty leading experts, The Oxford Handbook of Qur’anic Studies presents an authoritative collection of studies which guide the reader through the core subjects, themes, and debates dominating the academic engagement with the text of the Qur’an. With the aim of serving as an indispensable reference resource, the Handbook considers not only discussions shaping the study of the text today, but also their implication…
Philosophy (14 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (11 works) · Theology (10 works) · Islamic Studies and History (9 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (8 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Islam (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Arabic (6 works)