The Qur'an contains many miracle stories, from Moses's staff
turning into a serpent to Mary's conceiving Jesus as a virgin. In
Understanding the Qur'anic Miracle Stories in the Modern Age, Isra
Yazicioglu offers a glimpse of the ways in which meaningful
implications have been drawn from these apparently strange
narratives, both in the premodern and modern era. It fleshes out a
fascinating medieval Muslim debate over miracles and connects its
insights with early and late modern turning points in Western
thought and with contemporary Qur'anic interpretation. Building on
an apparent tension within the Qur'an and analyzing crucial cases
of classical and modern Muslim engagement with these miracle
stories, this book illustrates how an apparent site of conflict
between faith and reason, or revelation and science, can become a
site of fruitful exchange.
This book is a distinctive contribution to a new trend in
Qur'anic Studies: it reveals the presence of insightful Qur'anic
interpretation outside of the traditional line-by-line commentary
genre, engaging with the works of Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, and Said
Nursi. Moreover, focused as it is on the case of miracle stories,
the book also goes beyond these specific passages to reflect more
broadly on the issue of Qur'anic hermeneutics. It notes the
connections between literal and symbolic approaches and highlights
the importance of approaching the Qur'an with an eye to its
potential implications for everyday life.
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