Qur’anic Nazm
This is an extraction from the prolegomena of Imam Farahi’s
commentary on the Holy Qur’an. It discusses his viewpoint of nazm (sequence and
coherence) in the Holy Qur’an, and quotes many early scholars who maintained
that the Book is adorned with inter-relationship and correspondence of verses
and surahs. It also discusses why Farahi considers it of overriding importance
to interpret the text of the Holy Qur’an in the light of nazm.
Attributes of God
The Islamic faith prescribes that an attempt to know the
person of God is bound to result in utter failure. He it is Who knows everything
but man does not. However, though he is short of knowledge about God’s person,
he can get to know the Lord by assimilating His attributes, all of which have
been enlisted in the divine word that the Almighty Himself revealed. This
article is an attempt by Mr Javed Ahmad Ghamidi to comprehensively cover all
these attributes, as divulged by the Holy Qur’an.
Some Popular Misconceptions of the Muslims
This is a brief but effective exposition of some popular
misconceptions that the Muslims of today have fallen prey to. Because these
misconceptions are sometimes validated by arguments, the author sets it upon
himself to analyze these arguments in the light of the Holy Qur’an – the
criterion of truth in Islamic faith – to help us form the correct opinion in
this regard.
‘Ulum al-Qur’an – An Introduction to the Sciences of the
Qur’an
The corpus
of the history of revelation, collection, arrangement and transmission of the
Holy Qur’an and the interpretative principles generally constitute what is
termed ‘Ulum al-Qur’an (Qur’anic Sciences). A number of great Muslim scholars
have inked many methodical works on these sciences, which are, of course,
difficult to make out for common Muslims. Ahmad Von Denffer has written the
above captioned book to give some insight into them to the common Muslims
especially young generation. A short book review of his work is presented here
with an aim to elicit the interest of the readers for an in-depth study. |