Necessity and Significance of Thematic Tafsir in the Modern Age Cover Image

Nužnost i značaj tematskog tefsira u savremenom dobu
Necessity and Significance of Thematic Tafsir in the Modern Age

Author(s): Almir Fatić
Subject(s): History of Islam, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Sharia Law, Qur’anic studies
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: al-tafsīr al-mawḍūʻī; thematic tafsir; necessity; significance; modern times;

Summary/Abstract: The paper consists of an introduction, two chapters and a conclusion. In the introduction, the author gives basic remarks on the importance, need and necessity of thematic tafsir (al-tafsīr al-mawḍūʻī) in modern times, as presented by authors and authorities such as Maḥmūd Shaltūt, Aḥmad Sayyid al-Kūmī, Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Qāsī Muḥammad al-Ġazālī. The first chapter discusses the necessity of thematic tafsir today, where the views of two authors ʻAlī Ḥasan al-ʻArīḍ and ʻAbd al-Sattār Fatḥullāh Saʻīd are presented. The second chapter deals with the importance of thematic tafsir presented also through the views of two contemporary eminent authors: Muṣṭafa Muslim and Ṣalāḥ ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ḫālidī.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian