Mustansir Mir
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mustansir Mir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mustansir |
| FAMILY NAME | Mir |
| SIGNATURE | MIR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Why Did the Egyptian Noblewomen Cut Their Hands? Amīn Aḥsan Iṣlāḥīʾs Interpretation of Qurʾān 12
Sūra 12 of the Qurʾān, Joseph, tells the story of the prophet Joseph. He is bought as a slave by an Egyptian high official, whose wife-tradition calls her Zulaykhā-makes an unsuccessful attempt to seduce him, and is ridiculed by her peers for her failure to do so. She invites them to a banquet, hands them knives, and presents Joseph before them. Upon seeing him, the women cut their hands with the knives they are holding (Qurʾān 12:31). According …
A System of Life
This book is impressive in some respects, disappointing in others. On the one hand, it draws on an extraordinary range of sources and shines a helpful light on some of the less well known aspects of Mawdūdī’s thought and of the Jamāʿat-i Islāmī that he founded. On the other, it has some gross infelicities, including a murderous translation of an Urdu poem. Abū l-Aʿlā Mawdūdī was a major Muslim thinker of the twentieth century. Hartung is not the …
The Queen of Sheba's Conversion in Q. 27
In a thought-provoking paper presented at a conference in London in 2003, Oliver Leaman raised the problem of the all-too-sudden conversion of the Queen of Sheba as mentioned in Q. 27:44. Leaman's suggested solution to the problem was that the queen, probably analogising from her mistake of regarding the glass for water, concluded that she was mistaken, too, in regarding idolatry as the right religion. Taking a line of interpretation different fr…
Elephants, Birds of Prey, and Heaps of Pebbles
The short 105 sura of the Qur’an is generally taken to refer to the abortive attack on the Kafiba made in or around the year 570 AD by Abraha, the Abyssinian, Christian viceroy of Yemen. Having failed in his attempt to divert pilgrim traffic from the Kafiba in Mecca to a magnificent new church he had built in Sanaa, Abraha, it is said, used the pretext of desecration of the church by an Arab to attack Mecca, with an army that included elephants. …
Fa-Qad Ṣaghat Qulūbukumā
The interpretation of Qur'an 66:4 relates to our understanding of events in the Prophet's household in the early Medinan period. Traditionally, exegetes have tended to interpret this verse as a reprimand to the wives of the Prophet, their interpretation resting on their understanding of the meaning of ṣaghw. Two South Asian scholars of this century, c Abd al-Hamīd al-Farāhī and Amīn Aḥsan Iṣlāhī, have questioned this traditional interpretation. I…
Literary Heritage of Classical Islam
Wordplay and Irony in Iqbal's Poetry
WORDPLAY AND IRONY IN IQBAL'S POETRY Get access MUSTANSIR MIR MUSTANSIR MIR University of MichiganAnn Arbor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1992, Pages 72–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/3.1.72 Published: 01 January 1992
Humor in the Qurān
Peer Reviewed
Between Grammar and Rhetoric ("Balāghah")
The Qur'ānic Oaths
Towards Understanding the Qur'an Translation of Mawdudi's Tafhim al-Qur'an
Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi's multi-volume Tafhim al-Quran is a majorQur'an commentary of the twentieth century. Written over a period of aboutthirty years, the work runs the gamut of Qur'anic-and Islamic-thought anddoctrine, and is the magnum opus of a writer called by Wilfred CantwellSmith "the most systematic thinker of modern Islam." As such, Tafhim isan important work. An English translation exists, but clearly there was aneed for a new transla…
Muhammad Ibrahim. A Course in the Science of Reciting the Qur'ān
The Qur'anic Story of Joseph
Peer Reviewed
Some Features of Mawdudi's Tafhim Al-Qur'An
Abul-A'la Mawdudi (1903-79) was a leading Muslim scholar of the twentiethcentury. He has written extensively on a variety of Islamic subjects.He wrote in Urdu, but his works, quite a few of which have been translatedinto other language, have exercised deep influence on educated classes,especially the youth, in many parts of the Muslim world. Though essentiallya scholar of the traditional mold, Mawdudi, unlike many other Muslimscholars, is alive t…
Islā?'s Concept of Sum‐pairs
Peer Reviewed
Wordplay and Irony in Iqbal's Poetry
WORDPLAY AND IRONY IN IQBAL'S POETRY Get access MUSTANSIR MIR MUSTANSIR MIR University of MichiganAnn Arbor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1992, Pages 72–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/3.1.72 Published: 01 January 1992
Humor in the Qurān
Peer Reviewed
The Qur'anic Story of Joseph
Peer Reviewed
Islā?'s Concept of Sum‐pairs
Peer Reviewed
Some Features of Mawdudi's Tafhim Al-Qur'An
Abul-A'la Mawdudi (1903-79) was a leading Muslim scholar of the twentiethcentury. He has written extensively on a variety of Islamic subjects.He wrote in Urdu, but his works, quite a few of which have been translatedinto other language, have exercised deep influence on educated classes,especially the youth, in many parts of the Muslim world. Though essentiallya scholar of the traditional mold, Mawdudi, unlike many other Muslimscholars, is alive t…
The Qur'anic Story of Joseph
Peer Reviewed
Muhammad Ibrahim. A Course in the Science of Reciting the Qur'ān
Between Grammar and Rhetoric ("Balāghah")
The Qur'ānic Oaths
Towards Understanding the Qur'an Translation of Mawdudi's Tafhim al-Qur'an
Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi's multi-volume Tafhim al-Quran is a majorQur'an commentary of the twentieth century. Written over a period of aboutthirty years, the work runs the gamut of Qur'anic-and Islamic-thought anddoctrine, and is the magnum opus of a writer called by Wilfred CantwellSmith "the most systematic thinker of modern Islam." As such, Tafhim isan important work. An English translation exists, but clearly there was aneed for a new transla…
Humor in the Qurān
Peer Reviewed
Wordplay and Irony in Iqbal's Poetry
WORDPLAY AND IRONY IN IQBAL'S POETRY Get access MUSTANSIR MIR MUSTANSIR MIR University of MichiganAnn Arbor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1992, Pages 72–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/3.1.72 Published: 01 January 1992
Literary Heritage of Classical Islam
Fa-Qad Ṣaghat Qulūbukumā
The interpretation of Qur'an 66:4 relates to our understanding of events in the Prophet's household in the early Medinan period. Traditionally, exegetes have tended to interpret this verse as a reprimand to the wives of the Prophet, their interpretation resting on their understanding of the meaning of ṣaghw. Two South Asian scholars of this century, c Abd al-Hamīd al-Farāhī and Amīn Aḥsan Iṣlāhī, have questioned this traditional interpretation. I…
Elephants, Birds of Prey, and Heaps of Pebbles
The short 105 sura of the Qur’an is generally taken to refer to the abortive attack on the Kafiba made in or around the year 570 AD by Abraha, the Abyssinian, Christian viceroy of Yemen. Having failed in his attempt to divert pilgrim traffic from the Kafiba in Mecca to a magnificent new church he had built in Sanaa, Abraha, it is said, used the pretext of desecration of the church by an Arab to attack Mecca, with an army that included elephants. …
The Queen of Sheba's Conversion in Q. 27
In a thought-provoking paper presented at a conference in London in 2003, Oliver Leaman raised the problem of the all-too-sudden conversion of the Queen of Sheba as mentioned in Q. 27:44. Leaman's suggested solution to the problem was that the queen, probably analogising from her mistake of regarding the glass for water, concluded that she was mistaken, too, in regarding idolatry as the right religion. Taking a line of interpretation different fr…
A System of Life
This book is impressive in some respects, disappointing in others. On the one hand, it draws on an extraordinary range of sources and shines a helpful light on some of the less well known aspects of Mawdūdī’s thought and of the Jamāʿat-i Islāmī that he founded. On the other, it has some gross infelicities, including a murderous translation of an Urdu poem. Abū l-Aʿlā Mawdūdī was a major Muslim thinker of the twentieth century. Hartung is not the …
Why Did the Egyptian Noblewomen Cut Their Hands? Amīn Aḥsan Iṣlāḥīʾs Interpretation of Qurʾān 12
Sūra 12 of the Qurʾān, Joseph, tells the story of the prophet Joseph. He is bought as a slave by an Egyptian high official, whose wife-tradition calls her Zulaykhā-makes an unsuccessful attempt to seduce him, and is ridiculed by her peers for her failure to do so. She invites them to a banquet, hands them knives, and presents Joseph before them. Upon seeing him, the women cut their hands with the knives they are holding (Qurʾān 12:31). According …
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