Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt

This paper studies the interpretations of the Qur'an in the twentieth century Indonesia and Egypt. It examines the interpretation of Hamka and of al-Sha'rawi on verses related to women's issues such as gender equality, polygamy, and modesty. The study analyses their use of various exe...

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Main Author: Ismail, Norbani
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Atlantis Press 2017
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description This paper studies the interpretations of the Qur'an in the twentieth century Indonesia and Egypt. It examines the interpretation of Hamka and of al-Sha'rawi on verses related to women's issues such as gender equality, polygamy, and modesty. The study analyses their use of various exegetical tools that enable them to use their interpretations on the issues to evoke and affirm spiritual consciousness, construct a Muslim identity, and to use them as a platform for social criticism. The study finds that despite their geographical distance, both tafsir works share similar embedded themes: creating awareness of one's religious identity, instilling spiritual-theological consciousness among the Muslims, and continuity of the legacy of exegetical tradition.
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spelling iium-811902020-07-17T02:51:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81190/ Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt Ismail, Norbani BP173 Islamic sociology BP173.2 Sources of Islam BP188 Islamic religious life BP88 Individual authors, A-Z This paper studies the interpretations of the Qur'an in the twentieth century Indonesia and Egypt. It examines the interpretation of Hamka and of al-Sha'rawi on verses related to women's issues such as gender equality, polygamy, and modesty. The study analyses their use of various exegetical tools that enable them to use their interpretations on the issues to evoke and affirm spiritual consciousness, construct a Muslim identity, and to use them as a platform for social criticism. The study finds that despite their geographical distance, both tafsir works share similar embedded themes: creating awareness of one's religious identity, instilling spiritual-theological consciousness among the Muslims, and continuity of the legacy of exegetical tradition. Atlantis Press 2017 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81190/7/81190%20SHARED%20THEMES%2C%20DIFFERENT%20COUNTRIES.pdf Ismail, Norbani (2017) Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt. In: International Conference on Qur'an and Hadith Studies (ICQHS 2017), 6th-8th November 2017, Jakarta. https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icqhs-17/articles?q=&author=&keyword=&title=&page=1
spellingShingle BP173 Islamic sociology
BP173.2 Sources of Islam
BP188 Islamic religious life
BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
Ismail, Norbani
Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt
title Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt
title_full Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt
title_fullStr Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt
title_short Shared themes, different countries: Qur'anic interpretation in the Twentieth Century Indonesia and Egypt
title_sort shared themes, different countries: qur'anic interpretation in the twentieth century indonesia and egypt
topic BP173 Islamic sociology
BP173.2 Sources of Islam
BP188 Islamic religious life
BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/81190/7/81190%20SHARED%20THEMES%2C%20DIFFERENT%20COUNTRIES.pdf