Interpretation of Surat Al-Fatihah for the masses: Badi al-Zaman Saeed al-Nursi and Hajj Muhammad Saeed bin Omar

Name: Interpretation of Surat Al-Fatihah for the masses: Badi al-Zaman Saeed al-Nursi and Hajj Muhammad Saeed bin Omar
Author: Riddell, Peter Riddell, Peter G

Title	Interpretation of Surat Al-Fatihah for the masses: Badi al-Zaman Saeed al-Nursi and Hajj Muhammad Saeed bin Omar
Author	Riddell, Peter Riddell, Peter G
Publication Place	Doha - Qatar University Press
Subject	Imperialism, Islam, Muslims
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2305-5545, EISSN: 2523-1715, DOI: 10.29117/jcsis.2021.0274
Record ID	cdi_proquest_journals_2838637502
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, Proquest Central
Notes	Research Objectives: This article examines interpretive views on the most famous surah in the Qur’an from commentators who lived in diverse contexts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Badiuzzaman Said Nursi is arguably the most influential theologian to emerge from Ottoman Turkey during its long history. In contrast, Hajj Muhammad Said bin Omar has a local reputation as a scholar in the Malaysian-Indonesian region but is little known outside of it. Methodology: The study is based on a comparative analysis of these two scholars’ interpretation of Surat Al-Fatihah, and explore the methods they used to reach ordinary Muslims with their interpretation, not just the highly educated.Findings:Badiuzzaman Said Nursi and Hajj Muhammad Said bin Omar came from very different backgrounds and contexts. Moreover, their interpretive approaches were fundamentally different, the former being more rational and the latter more literal. However, both of them succeeded in producing interpretations that reached the masses, and thus succeeded in achieving their general goals of promoting religious commitment and the dynamic spirit of Muslims in their own contexts. Originality of the research: This research is original in various ways: First - Said Nursi’s comparative studies with Malay language interpreters are few in number. Second, identifying similarities in findings despite differences in approaches in the field of interpretation requires more academic attention, and this article should stimulate interest in more such studies.
Telif Hakkı	2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
Görüntüle	Majallat Kullīyat al-Sharīʻah wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah, 2021-01, Vol.38 (2)

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Interpretation of Surat Al-Fatihah for the masses: Badi al-Zaman Saeed al-Nursi and Hajj Muhammad Saeed bin Omar

Author Riddell, Peter Riddell, Peter G

Publication Place Doha - Qatar University Press

Subject Imperialism, Islam, Muslims

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2305-5545, EISSN: 2523-1715, DOI: 10.29117/jcsis.2021.0274

Record ID cdi_proquest_journals_2838637502

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, Proquest Central

Notes Research Objectives: This article examines interpretive views on the most famous surah in the Qur’an from commentators who lived in diverse contexts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Badiuzzaman Said Nursi is arguably the most influential theologian to emerge from Ottoman Turkey during its long history. In contrast, Hajj Muhammad Said bin Omar has a local reputation as a scholar in the Malaysian-Indonesian region but is little known outside of it. Methodology: The study is based on a comparative analysis of these two scholars’ interpretation of Surat Al-Fatihah, and explore the methods they used to reach ordinary Muslims with their interpretation, not just the highly educated.Findings:Badiuzzaman Said Nursi and Hajj Muhammad Said bin Omar came from very different backgrounds and contexts. Moreover, their interpretive approaches were fundamentally different, the former being more rational and the latter more literal. However, both of them succeeded in producing interpretations that reached the masses, and thus succeeded in achieving their general goals of promoting religious commitment and the dynamic spirit of Muslims in their own contexts. Originality of the research: This research is original in various ways: First - Said Nursi’s comparative studies with Malay language interpreters are few in number. Second, identifying similarities in findings despite differences in approaches in the field of interpretation requires more academic attention, and this article should stimulate interest in more such studies.

Telif Hakkı 2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Görüntüle Majallat Kullīyat al-Sharīʻah wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah, 2021-01, Vol.38 (2)