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Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan
From Historical Trends to Contemporary Trajectories
Series: - Al-Mahdi Institute, Volume: 1
Why does the Qurʾan contain legal verses, and how have scholars interpreted them across the centuries? Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan offers a comprehensive study of how Islamic law emerged from scriptural interpretation, by exploring the nature of law in the Qurʾan itself and in Islamic thought, including in the foundational yet often overlooked genre of aḥkÄm al-QurʾÄn. Through detailed analysis of classical and contemporary texts, the volume reveals how jurists across Sunni, Shia, and Ibadi traditions have debated the meaning, scope, and application of legal verses. Drawing on rare primary sources and philosophical perspectives this book is an essential resource, illuminating the rich interplay between divine revelation, legal reasoning, and ethical inquiry in Islam.
Karen Bauer is Associate Professor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Her research focuses on the Qurâan and its interpretation. Her books include Gender Hierarchy in the Qurâan: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Cambridge: 2015), An Anthology of Qurâanic Commentaries: On Women (co-authored with Feras Hamza, Oxford, 2021); Women, Households and the Hereafter in the Qurâan (Oxford, 2023, co-authored with Feras Hamza), and she has also written numerous articles.
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Ph.D. (1999), is Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies at AMI and Mofid University. He has taught at various academic institutions, including Shahid Beheshti University and the University of Birmingham. Professor Fatemi has published several monographs and numerous scholarly articles.
Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He researches the history of ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« law, with a particular interest in legal hermeneutics. He is author of Inevitable Doubt: Two ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Theories of Jurisprudence (Brill, 2000), Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the AkhbÄrÄ« ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« School (Brill, 2007), Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning in Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012).
Devin J. Stewart, Ph.D. (1991), is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published many studies on the history of Shiism, the Qurâan, and other topics.
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Ph.D. (1999), is Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies at AMI and Mofid University. He has taught at various academic institutions, including Shahid Beheshti University and the University of Birmingham. Professor Fatemi has published several monographs and numerous scholarly articles.
Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He researches the history of ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« law, with a particular interest in legal hermeneutics. He is author of Inevitable Doubt: Two ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Theories of Jurisprudence (Brill, 2000), Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the AkhbÄrÄ« ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« School (Brill, 2007), Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning in Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012).
Devin J. Stewart, Ph.D. (1991), is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published many studies on the history of Shiism, the Qurâan, and other topics.
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Introduction: Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan â from Historical Trends to Contemporary Trajectories
âSeyed Mohammad G.S. Fatemi, Karen Bauer, Robert Gleave and Devin J. Stewart
Part 1 The Qurʾan, Ethics, and Law
1 Towards a Prehistory of Islamic Law: the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qurʾan
âHolger Zellentin
2 The Place of Divine Law in the Qurʾanâs Moral Theology
âNicolai Sinai
3 Qurʾanic Morality as Qurʾanic Law
âKaren Bauer and Feras Hamza
4 The Myth of the Elite Male Addressee and Its Implications for Regulative Verses
âAbla Hasan
5 On the Universality of the Divine Commands versus the Casuistic Interpretation of the Regulative Verses
âGholamreza Aavani
Part 2 The Historical Genre of AḥkÄm al-Qurʾan
â6âLegal Hermeneutics and Religious Authority in KitÄb AḥkÄm al-QurʾÄn by al-JaṣṣÄá¹£ al-RÄzÄ« (d. 370/981)
âDevin J. Stewart
â7âThe ImÄmÄ« Reception of the Qurʾanâs Regulative Verses (ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm)
âSeyed Mohammad G.S. Fatemi and Syed Wajee ul-Hasan Shah
Part 3 Interpretation of Regulative Verses
8 ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm in Early IbÄá¸Ä« Thought
âNora K. Schmid
9 The Irrelevance of âQurʾanic Meaningâ: AkhbÄrÄ« ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Interpretive Techniques and the Legal Verses of the Qurʾan
âRobert Gleave
â10âArguments for the Conditional Variability of ḤudÅ«d Punishments
âM. Ashraf Adeel
â11âMetaphysical and Legal Implications of the Earliest Instance of ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm âThe Prophet Muḥammadâs Spiritual Journey in Light of the Obligatory Nature of the Night Prayer Vigil (á¹¢alÄt al-Layl) in SÅ«rat al-Muzzammil
âImranali Panjwani
Part 4 Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives
12 Making Sense of Obligatory Faith in the Qurʾan
âHamid Vahid
â13âA Decision-Theoretic Approach to the Ḥujjiyya of Regulative Qurʾanic Verses
âMahmoud Morvarid
â14âThe Existential Perspective on the Regulative Verses (ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm) of the Qurʾan
âArif Abdul Hussain
Part 5 Contemporary Legal and Ethical Trajectories
15 Rules and Rituals in the Qurʾan: Is There a Role for Reasons?
âOliver Leaman
â16âReconstruction of SharÄ«Ê¿a through Judicial IjtihÄd âInheritance Rights of Childless Widows under the IthnÄ Ê¿Ashariyya School in Pakistan
âMuhammad Zubair Abbasi
17 âDo Not Prohibit the Good Things That God Has Made Lawful to Youâ (Q. 5:87): Ethical Vegetarianism in Islam and Beyond
âSarra Tlili
18 âClearâ Verses of the Qurʾan (ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm) and Environmental Ethics
âEtin Anwar
Index
Introduction: Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan â from Historical Trends to Contemporary Trajectories
âSeyed Mohammad G.S. Fatemi, Karen Bauer, Robert Gleave and Devin J. Stewart
Part 1 The Qurʾan, Ethics, and Law
1 Towards a Prehistory of Islamic Law: the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qurʾan
âHolger Zellentin
2 The Place of Divine Law in the Qurʾanâs Moral Theology
âNicolai Sinai
3 Qurʾanic Morality as Qurʾanic Law
âKaren Bauer and Feras Hamza
4 The Myth of the Elite Male Addressee and Its Implications for Regulative Verses
âAbla Hasan
5 On the Universality of the Divine Commands versus the Casuistic Interpretation of the Regulative Verses
âGholamreza Aavani
Part 2 The Historical Genre of AḥkÄm al-Qurʾan
â6âLegal Hermeneutics and Religious Authority in KitÄb AḥkÄm al-QurʾÄn by al-JaṣṣÄá¹£ al-RÄzÄ« (d. 370/981)
âDevin J. Stewart
â7âThe ImÄmÄ« Reception of the Qurʾanâs Regulative Verses (ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm)
âSeyed Mohammad G.S. Fatemi and Syed Wajee ul-Hasan Shah
Part 3 Interpretation of Regulative Verses
8 ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm in Early IbÄá¸Ä« Thought
âNora K. Schmid
9 The Irrelevance of âQurʾanic Meaningâ: AkhbÄrÄ« ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« Interpretive Techniques and the Legal Verses of the Qurʾan
âRobert Gleave
â10âArguments for the Conditional Variability of ḤudÅ«d Punishments
âM. Ashraf Adeel
â11âMetaphysical and Legal Implications of the Earliest Instance of ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm âThe Prophet Muḥammadâs Spiritual Journey in Light of the Obligatory Nature of the Night Prayer Vigil (á¹¢alÄt al-Layl) in SÅ«rat al-Muzzammil
âImranali Panjwani
Part 4 Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives
12 Making Sense of Obligatory Faith in the Qurʾan
âHamid Vahid
â13âA Decision-Theoretic Approach to the Ḥujjiyya of Regulative Qurʾanic Verses
âMahmoud Morvarid
â14âThe Existential Perspective on the Regulative Verses (ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm) of the Qurʾan
âArif Abdul Hussain
Part 5 Contemporary Legal and Ethical Trajectories
15 Rules and Rituals in the Qurʾan: Is There a Role for Reasons?
âOliver Leaman
â16âReconstruction of SharÄ«Ê¿a through Judicial IjtihÄd âInheritance Rights of Childless Widows under the IthnÄ Ê¿Ashariyya School in Pakistan
âMuhammad Zubair Abbasi
17 âDo Not Prohibit the Good Things That God Has Made Lawful to Youâ (Q. 5:87): Ethical Vegetarianism in Islam and Beyond
âSarra Tlili
18 âClearâ Verses of the Qurʾan (ÄyÄt al-AḥkÄm) and Environmental Ethics
âEtin Anwar
Index
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