An Approach To The Qur'anic Sciences 8174354212, 9788174354211
Mufti Taqi Usmani's AN APPROACH TO THE QURANIC SCIENCES is a comprehensive treatise on the subject of Quranic Scien
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AN APPROACH TO THE QURANIC SCIENCES
DEDICATION
PUBLISHER'S SUBMISSION
CONTENTS
AN APPRECIATION
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: THE NAME AND THE REASON FOR IT
FACTS ABOUT WAHY
KINDS OF WAHY
METHODS OF WAHY ON THE HOLY PROPHET
WAHY, KASHF AND ILHAM
QUR'ANIC AND NON-QUR'ANIC WAHY
CHAPTER 2: HISTORY OF THE DESCENT OF THE QUR'AN
SECOND DESCENT
THE VERSE THAT WAS THE FIRST TO BE REVEALED
MAKKAN AND MADINAN VERSES
CHARACTERISTICS OF MAKKAN AND MADINAN VERSES
CLASSIFICATION OF REVELATION ON THE BASIS O TIME AND PLACE
GRADUAL DESCENT OF THE HOLY QUR'AN
CAUSES OF REVELATIONS AND GENERALISATION AND SPECIFICATION OF COMMANDS
REPETITION OF REVELATIONS AND ITS REALITY
CHAPTER 3: THE SEVEN READINGS OF THE QUR'AN
MOST ACCEPTABLE EXPLANATION OF SEVEN READINGS
ARE THE SEVEN LETTERS STILL PRESERVED OR ARE THEY OBSOLETE?
IBN JARIR'S VIEW:
IBN JARIR'S POINT OF VIEW AND ITS WEAKNESS
IMAM TAHA VI'S VIEW
MOST ACCEPTABLE VIEW
SUPPORTERS OF THIS VIEW
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF THIS VIEW
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS
MEANING OF WRITING IN THE LANGUAGE OF QURAYSH
USE OF SYNONYMS IN RECITATION
ABDULLAH BIN MS'UD AND HIS TRANSCRIPT
CONCLUSIONS OF DISCUSSION
TRUTH ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN OPINION ON SEVEN LETTERS
CHAPTER 4: ABROGATOR & ABROGATED
MEANING OF ABROGATION
PRODENT AND CONTROVENTIONAL PROOF OF ABROGATION
DIFFENCE SEEN IN THE TECHNICAL MEANING OF ABROGATION BY THE EARLIER AND LATER SCHOLARS
DISCUSSION ON ABROGATION IN THE QUR'AN
NUMBER OF ABROGATED VERSES OF THE QUR'AN
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 5: HISTORY OF PRESERVATION OF THE QUR'AN
WRITING OF THE QUR'AN DURING THE DAYS OF THE PROPHET
WRITING OF THE QUR'AN IN THE PROPHETIC ERA
THE FIRST STAGE
COLLECTION OF THE QUR'AN DURING THE PERIOD OF SAYYIDINA ABU BAKER
SECOND STAGE
COLLECTION OF THE QUR'AN IN THE PERIOD OF SAYYIDINA 'UTHMAN'
THIRD STAGE
STEPS TAKEN TO FACILITATE RECITATION OF THE QUR'AN
FOURTH STAGE
DIACRITICAL MARKS
STAGES(AHZAB & MANZIL)
PARTS (AJZA')
FIVES & TENS
SECTION
SIGNS TO STOP
PRINTING OF THE HOLY QUR'AN
FIRST STAGE
RECITATIONS AND THEIR COMPILATION
CHAPTER 6: DOUBTS ABOUT PRESERVATION OF THE QUR'AN AND THEIR ANSWERS
FIRST OBJECTION: SOME VERSES OF EARLY DAYS COULD NOT BE PRESERVED
SECOND OBJECTION: THE PROPHET HAD ONCE FPGOTTEN A VERSE
THIRD OBJECTION: REFERENCE OF SURAH AL-AN'AM SURAH AN-NISA
FOURTH OBJECTION: SLANDER OF MARGOLIOUTH AGAINST IMAM BUKHARI
FIFTH OBJECTION: SOME VERSES WERE LOST BY SAYYIDAH 'AISHAH
SIXTH OBJECTION: NUMBER OF MEMORISERS OF THE QUR'AN IN THE DAYS OF THE PROPHET
SEVENTH OBJECTION:'ABDULLAH BIN MAS'UD AND MU'AWWADHATYN
EIGHTH OBJECTION: COLLECTION OF THE QUR'AN DURING THE TIME OF SAYYIDINA ABU BAKR
NINTH OBJECTION: COMPLETE QURAN WAS NOT WRITTEN UPTO THE TIME OF SAYYIDINA ABU BAKR'S CALIPHATE
TENTH OBJECTION: DOUBTS ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF DIFFERENT RECITALS
CHAPTER 7: TRUTHFULNESS OF THE QUR'AN
MESSENGERSHIP OF SAYYIDINA MUHAMMAD
TIDINGS ABOUT PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN THE DIVINE SCRIPTURES
MIRACLE OF THE QUR'AN
MIRACLE OF SYNTAX
MIRACLE OF SYSTEM
PROPHESIES OF THE QUR'AN
VICTORY OF ROMANS
VIEWS ABOUT THE CONQUEST OF MAKKAH
WASHING FOR DEATH BY THE JEWS
SAFETY OF THE QUR'AN
DISCLOSURES OF THE QUR'AN
HOLY PROPHET AND THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
SOME OBJECTIONS ON THE QUR'AN
THE NAME OF MARYAM'S FATHER
HAMAN, THE MINISTER OF FIR'AUN
CHAPTER 8: SUBJECTS OF THE QURAN
BELIEFS
RECORDED ARGUMENTS
OBSERVATIONAL ARGUMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL ARGUMENTS
BELIEFS
POLYTHEIST IDIOLATERS
THE JEWS
THE CHRISTIANS
HYPOCRITES
COMMANDMENTS
BACKGROUND OF REVELATION
STORIES
EVENTS OF THE PAST
WHY REPETITION OF EVENTS?
FUTURE EVENTS
PARABLES
PART 2: THE SCIENCE OF TAFSIR
CHAPTER 1:THE SCIENCE OF EXEGESIS AND ITS SOURCES
TAFSIR AND TA'WIL
SOURCES OF TAFSIR
FIRST SOURCE: THE QUR'AN ITSELF
SECOND SOURCE: TRADITIONS OF THE HOLY PROPHET
THIRD SOURCE: SAYINGS OF THE COMPANIONS \
FOURTH SORCE: SAYINGS OF TABI'I
FIFTH SORCE: ARABIC LANGUAGE
SIXTH SORCE: COMMON SENSE
CHAPTER 2: UNRELIABLE SOURCES OF EXEGESIS
1. ISRA'ILIYYAT OR JUDAICA
KA'B AL-AHBAR
WAHB BIN MUNABBIH
'ABDULLAH BIN 'AMR
2. EXEGESIS OF THE SUFIS
3. SELF-CONCEIVED INTERPRETATIONS
CAUSES OF INACCURACIES IN EXEGESIS
FIRST CAUSE: INCOMPETE
SOME MISUNDERSTANDING
THE 'ULAMA' AND MONOPOLY IN THE FIELD
THE 'ULAMA' AND THE PAPEL SYSTEM
SECOND CAUSE : SUBJECTING THE QUR'AN TO ONE'S OWN
THIRD CAUSE : BEING IMPRESSED WITH PREVAILING PHIOSOPHY
THE QUESTION OF MIRACLES
AGAINST REASON OR OBSERVATION
FOURTH CAUSE : MISUNDERSTANDING THE QUR'ANIC SUBJECT
CHAPTER 3: SOME IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF EXEGESIS
1. THE NOBLE QUR'AN AND ALLEGORIC MEANINGS
2. THE NOBLE QUR'AN AND HUMAN RATIONALE
1. UNCHECKED REASONING VERSUS GUIDANCE AND ABERRANCE
2. PRUDENCE BEHIND ISLAMIC INGUNCTIONS AND THEIR PLACE IN RELIGION
3. IN JUNCTIONS DO NOT DEPEND EXPEDIENCIES
4. THE REAL PURPOSES OF QUR'ANIC INJUNCTIONS IS TO SET TO OBEDIENCE
5. CORRECT METHOD OF INTERPRETING THE QUR'AN AND TRADITIONS
6. CHANGES OF TIME AND RELIGIOUS LAWS
7. MEANING OF CHANGE OF TIME?
8. APPROPRIATE SPHERE OF ACTIVITY OF INTELLECT AND REASON
CHAPTER 4: SOME EXEGESIS OFEARLY ERA
'ABDULLAH IBN 'ABBAS
TRUTH ABOUT THE PREVALENT EXEGESIS OFIBN ABBAS
ALI IBN ABU TALIB
ABDULLAH IBN MAS'UD
UBAYY BIN KA'B
AFTER THE COMPANIONS
WEAK OR DISTRUBED COMMENTATORSOF EARLY ERA
1. THE SENIOR
2. THE JUNIOR
MUQATIL
RABI' BIN ANAS
'ATIYYAH AL-'AUFI
'ABDUR RAHMAN BIN ZAYD BIN ASLAM'
KALBI
SOME EXEGESIS OF LATER TIMES
1. TAFSIR IBN-KATHIR
2. TAFSIR KABIR
3. TAFSIR ABI AS-SA'UD
4. TAFSIR AL-QURTUBI
5. RUH-UL-MA'ANI
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