Reflections on the Qur’an: Commentaries on Selected Verses
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- Author M. Fethullah Gulen
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M. Fethullah Gulen
Reflections on the Qur’an is an exposition and commentary of selected verses of the Qur’an. It presents subtle points and details revealed in these Qur’anic verses while expounding on them in the sequential order in which they appear in the Holy Qur’an. The highly respected author’s knowledge of the classical commentary books of the Qur’an and the fact that he based this work on these books is evident at first glance. Another significant characteristic which is immediately noticeable is that he also presents further insight, views, and splendour while remaining within the boundaries of the science of Qur’anic exegesis. Indeed, the author implies this in the book’s original title Kur’an’dan Idrake Yansiyanlar (literally “Reflections of the Qur’an into the [Author’s] Perception,”) here presented as Reflections on the Qur’an: Commentaries on Selected Verses.
As specialization in certain fields increases in this modern age, the experts are also experiencing the need to convey the results of these studies to larger audiences, and they endeavour to fulfil this. This method, known in the West as “vulgarization,” is an attempt to spread the results of specialist studies to large audiences without lowering their quality and has become a defining feature of our modern times. In particular, the demand to convey the results in the fields of science and knowledge that directly concern larger masses, such as religion, continues to grow. If a scholar were to write an exposition and commentary of the Qur’an in the classical exegesis style similar to that of az-Zamakhshari (d. 1144), ar-Razi (d. 1210), al-Baydawi (d. 1286), an-Nasafi (d. 1310), or Abu’s-Su‘ud Efendi (d. 1574) today, he would be aware of the lack of potential readers. Therefore, scholars and authors tend to employ methods that appeal to the existing audience, such as the use of a minimal of technical terms.
(9781597842648/7617)
Reflections on the Qur’an is an exposition and commentary of selected verses of the Qur’an. It presents subtle points and details revealed in these Qur’anic verses while expounding on them in the sequential order in which they appear in the Holy Qur’an. The highly respected author’s knowledge of the classical commentary books of the Qur’an and the fact that he based this work on these books is evident at first glance. Another significant characteristic which is immediately noticeable is that he also presents further insight, views, and splendour while remaining within the boundaries of the science of Qur’anic exegesis. Indeed, the author implies this in the book’s original title Kur’an’dan Idrake Yansiyanlar (literally “Reflections of the Qur’an into the [Author’s] Perception,”) here presented as Reflections on the Qur’an: Commentaries on Selected Verses.
As specialization in certain fields increases in this modern age, the experts are also experiencing the need to convey the results of these studies to larger audiences, and they endeavour to fulfil this. This method, known in the West as “vulgarization,” is an attempt to spread the results of specialist studies to large audiences without lowering their quality and has become a defining feature of our modern times. In particular, the demand to convey the results in the fields of science and knowledge that directly concern larger masses, such as religion, continues to grow. If a scholar were to write an exposition and commentary of the Qur’an in the classical exegesis style similar to that of az-Zamakhshari (d. 1144), ar-Razi (d. 1210), al-Baydawi (d. 1286), an-Nasafi (d. 1310), or Abu’s-Su‘ud Efendi (d. 1574) today, he would be aware of the lack of potential readers. Therefore, scholars and authors tend to employ methods that appeal to the existing audience, such as the use of a minimal of technical terms.
(9781597842648/7617)
