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The Qur'an and its Readers Worldwide - Contemporary Commentaries and Translations (Hardcover)
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The Qur'an and its Readers Worldwide - Contemporary Commentaries and Translations (Hardcover)
Series: Qur'anic Studies Series
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Some eighty per cent of Muslims in the contemporary world speak
languages other than Arabic, the language of the Qur'an. To respond
to the needs of their communities, Muslim scholars and laypersons
must increasingly explain and communicate the meanings of the
Qur'an in their own languages - including through the medium of
Qur'an commentary and translation. The Qur'an and its Readers
Worldwide provides an introduction to this rich and expanding field
of endeavour. It brings together a selection of Qur'an commentaries
and translations produced across the twentieth century to the
present day, and ranging in provenance from the regions of the
traditional Islamic heartlands to the new loci of global Islam.
Individual chapters examine works in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese,
English, German, Malay, Persian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu, each
viewed in terms of the impact of modernity on the encounter with
the Qur'an, providing an English readership with an exceptionally
broad overview. Situating these works in their cultural and
national settings, this volume focuses attention on the
relationship between language, culture and sociopolitical
environment in Qur'an commentary and translation. It highlights the
linkages between the Qur'an translations and commentaries studied
and the developments and debates that generated them, and to which
they respond, whether associated with colonial realities, the
challenges of nation building, or the search for ways to
reconstruct Islamic culture in the face of new legal frameworks or
societal models. Through a detailed introduction and a series of
case studies this book illustrates the defining trends in Qur'an
commentary worldwide, addressing evolving questions of authorship,
message, intended readership and media of communication. It
highlights the continued relevance of Quraan commentary as an
authoritative Islamic tradition in a period of growing direct
engagement with the sacred text. It also samples debates concerning
Qur'anic meaning in translation that are pertinent for many
millions of Muslims today, and that look set to grow in tandem with
globalisation.
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