The Eternal Legacy of the Quran
Your gift has outweighed the cosmos in value, O Beloved of the Lord of the worlds! O you upon whom no eye has ever…
Tafsir
Tafsir is the discipline of interpreting the Qur’an, and this topic collects Shaykh Akram Nadwi’s writing on how its verses are best understood. The articles distinguish interpretation, deeper meaning, and reflection, and offer fresh readings that stay anchored in the tradition. They are for readers who want to move past translation towards the science of understanding the text.
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The Meaning of “Indeed, You Used to Come to Us from the Right”
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Allah Almighty says: “And they will approach one another, questioning. They will say, ‘Indeed, you used to come to us from the right.’ They will reply, ‘Rather, you were not believers.…
Understanding Quranic Verses: A New Perspective
Clear Verses: Misunderstood in Their True Essence Author: Maulana Muhammad Inayatullah Asad Subhani Maulana Muhammad Inayatullah Asad Subhani is counted among the distinguished scholars…
Tafsīr, taʾwīl, and tadabbur
Within the long and sophisticated tradition of Islamic scholarship, several technical terms have emerged to describe the processes through which the Qurʾān is understood,…
The Quran: A Living Dialogue of the Contemporary Age
The Quran: Historical Text or Living Address? Regarding the understanding and interpretation of the Holy Quran, the most fundamental question is whether this book…
The Speaker’s habit as a principle for understanding the Qur’an
The interpretation of the Qur’an is inseparable from the question of language, and language is inseparable from the one who speaks it. Words do…
The seven groups of the Qur’ān
The Noble Qur’ān’s verse: “And indeed We have granted you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the Magnificent Qur’ān” (al-Ḥijr: 87), and likewise the…
Surah Sad
Surah Ṣād is a majestic and profoundly reflective chapter of the Qur’an that integrates admonition, warning, and consolation into a coherent discourse. It interweaves…
Is Not the Morning Near? Reflections on Hūd 81
“And the ten nights”: These are the seven nights in which ʿĀd perished and the three nights of reprieve given to Thamūd before their…
Surah Yusuf
The unifying concern of this surah is human conscience – how it is informed, how trained and tested, how supported and rewarded. This concern…
Surat al-Baqarah
Surat al-Baqarah is the longest and most comprehensive surah in the Qur’an. This two-year course represents a serious commitment to go through it in…
Expressions in the Qur’an and Sunnah
Expressions in the Qur’an and in the sayings of the Prophet should not be isolated from their whole context. Doing that means that their…
Hifz of the Qur’an
Hifz, in its original and most profound sense, denotes preservation. Over time, however, this noble concept has been narrowly reduced, in popular understanding, to…
Questions & Answers on Tafsir
View all Q&A →Surah Baqarah verse 62
My respected student, Mr Ali Rasul, from Dallas, USA, asked me the following question: As-salāmu ʿalaykum Ustād, In Ayah 62 of Sūrah al-Baqarah, Allah says: “Indeed, those who believed, and those who were Jews, Christians, or Sabians, whoever believes in…
A question regarding an incident in Surah al-Qasas
as-salamu `alaykum Shaykh. I hope your Ramadan is going well. I wanted to ask you about the incident in Surah al-Qasas when Musa (AS) accidentally killed an Egyptian. After this incident, Moses ran away, but never sought forgiveness from the…
Removing Doubts About the Tafsīr of “And the food of those given the scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them” (Qurʾān 5:5)
Removing Doubts About the Tafsīr of “And the food of those given the scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them” (Qurʾān 5:5)