Approaching the Quranic Sciences

Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Paperback, 370 pages
9781915265388

This publication presents a new translation of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani's original Urdu work on the Sciences of the Qur'an, titled Ulum al-Quran. Covering a broad spectrum of Qur'anic sciences from the Sunni scholarly tradition, including themes like revelation, textual preservation, and exegesis, the author addresses prevalent Orientalist objections that were significant during its initial writing, some of which persist to this day.

Additionally, the work robustly tackles modernist critiques originating within the Muslim world.

Contents

Part One
1. The Name 'Quran' and its Rationale
2. History of the Revelation of the Quran
3. The Seven Letters (Ahruf) of the Quran
4. Nasikh and Manasik: the Abrogator and the Abrogated
5. The Preservation of the Quran
6. Objections against the Preservation of the Quran and their Answers
7. The Truthfulness of the Quran
8. The Topics of the Quran
Part Two
1. The Science of Tafsir and its Sources
2. Unreliable Sources for Exegesis
3. A Few Important Principles of Exegesis
4. Some Exegetes of the First Centuries