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Doctoral Theses on the Qur’anic Studies: A Bibliography

Sajid Shaffi D/o.Islamic Studies, AMU

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ABSTARCT

his bibliography lists more than 350 doctoral theses on varied aspects of

Qur’anic Studies, specified under various sections and sub-sections— The

Qur’an Commentaries and Commentators: Classical and Modern; Issues of

the Qur’an Translatability: Comparative Studies and Lexical Issues; Contemporary

Issues in the Qur’an: Gender Issues and Current Issues; Thematic and Conceptual

Studies of the Qur’an; Comparative Religions/Scriptures and the Qur’an;

Theological Debates in the Qur’an; Political Debates in the Qur’an; Western

Scholarship and the Qur’an; Qur’anic Sciences; Prophets and Personalities in the

Qur’an; Collection, Codices and Manuscripts of the Qur’an; Juristic Issues in the

Qur’an; Readings of the Qur’an; Knowledge, Education and Ethics in the Qur’an

and The Qur’an & Science. The data has been retrieved from more than 100 online

official archives and other data bases of different universities for which access has

been provided by Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University.

Key Words: Qur’anic Studies; Bibliography; Universities; Theses.

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A. The Qur’an Commentaries and Commentators: Classical

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His Approach to Theological Issues,” McGill University: Montreal, Quebec,

Canada, 1970

2. AHMAD, Abd El-Gadir Muhammad, “Some Aspects of the Tafsir of

Mujahid,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1993

3. AHMAD, Rashid, “Tafsir in Sufi Literature, with Particular Reference to

Abu al-Qasim Quashairi,” University of Cambridge: Cambridge, England,

1968

4. ALI, Sayyid Rizwan, “Izz al-Din al-Sulami: His Life and Works, Together

with his Farvaid fi Tafsir al-Qur’an,” University of Cambridge: Cambridge,

England, 1963

5. ALLY, Shabir, “The Culmination of Tradition-based Tafsir: The Qur’an

Exegesis al-Durr al-Manthur of al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505),” University of

Toronto: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2012

6. AL-MAJALI, Mohammad Khazer, “Ibn Qutaybah’s Contribution to

Qur’anic Studies,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1993

7. AL-SAWWAF, M. M., “Muqatil b. Sulayman, An Early Zaydi Theologian,

with Special Reference to his Tafsir al-Khamsmi’at Aya,” University of

Oxford: Oxford, England, 1970

8. AL-SHUAILY, Sulaiman Ali Ameer, “Ibadi Tafsir with Special Reference

to the Tafsirs of Hud al-Huwwari and Sa’id ibn Ahmad al-Kindi,”

University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 2000

9. AL-UWISHEQ, Abdullah H. A., “A Critical Edition and a Study of the

Commentary on the Qur’anic Reading of Nafi Sharh al-Durar al-Lawami

by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Minturi (d. 834/1431),” University of

London: London, England, 1988

10. ARAIN, Hafiz Abdul Latif, “Ibn Kathir Some Aspects of Scholastic

Theology in his Commentary,” Durham University: North East England,

1970

11. BAZZANO, Elliott Allen, “The Qur’an According to Ibn Taymiyya:

Redefining Exegetical Authority in the Islamic Tradition,” University of

California: Oakland, California, 2013


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12. BELHAJ, M. M., “A Critical Edition of the First Part of Kitab Majaz al-

Qur’an by Ibn Abd as-Salam (d. 660/1261),” University of Exeter: Devon,

South West England, 1984

13. BERG, Herbert, “The Use of Ibn Abbas in al-Tabari’s Tafsir and the

Development of Exegesis in Early Islam,” University of Toronto: Toronto,

Ontario, Canada, 1996

14. BLAU, Yael, “The Tafsir of Tabari on Surah 13,” University of South

Africa: Gauteng, South Africa: Gauteng, South Africa, 1983

15. BOEWERING, Gerhard, “A Textual and Analytical Study of the Tafsir of

Sahl al-Tustari (d. 283/896),” McGill University: Montreal, Quebec,

Canada, 1975

16. CEYLAN, Yasin, “Theology and Tafsir in the Major Works of Fakhr al-Din

al-Razi,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1980

17. COPPENS, Pieter, “Seeing God in this World and the Otherworld: Crossing

Boundaries in Sufi Commentaries on the Qur’an,” Utrecht University:

Utrecht, Netherlands, 1983

18. CURTIS, Roy Young Muhammad Mukhtar, “Authentic Interpretation of

Classical Islamic Texts: An Analysis of the Introduction of Ibn Kathir’s

Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Azim,” University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan,

1989

19. FIRESTONE, Reuven, “The Evolution of Islamic Narrative Exegesis in the

Abraham- Ishmael Legends,” New York University: New York, 1988

20. FITZGERALD, L. P., “Creation in al-Tafsir al-Kabir of Fakhr al-Din al-

Razi,” Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1992

21. FUDGE, Bruce Gordon, “The Major Qur’an Commentary of al-Tabrisi (d.

548/1153),” Harvard University: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003

22. GODLAS, Alan A., “The Ara’is al-Bayan: The Mystical Qur’anic Exegesis

of Ruzbihan al-Baqli,” University of California: Oakland, California, 1991

23. GWYNNE, Rosalind Ward, “The Tafsir of Abu Ali al-Jubbai: First Steps

Towards a Reconstruction, with Texts, Translation, Biographical

Introduction and Analytical Essay,” University of Washington: Seattle,

Washington, 1982


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24. HARBER, Jean Dickenson, “Medieval Creation Commentary as Literary

Interpretation: St. Augustine’s De Genesi ad Litteram and al-Tabari’s Tafsir

of Sura 2:29-38,” University of Wisconsin: Madison, Wisconsin, 1979

25. HUSSAIN, Hafiz Fida, “Usage of Arabic Poetry Towards an Understanding

of the Holy Qur’an: A Study of the Tafseer Literature, Compiled During

Early Five Centuries,” Allama Iqbal Open University: Islamabad, Pakistan,

2010

26. IBRAHIM, Lutpi, “Theological Questions at Issue Between Zamakhshari

and al-Baydawi with Special Reference to al-Kashshaf and Anwar at-

Tanzil,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1977

27. ISMAIL, U. Y., “A Critical Edition of al-Masabih fi Tafsir al-Qur’an al-

Azim Attributed to Ibn Kaysan al-Nahwi Together with Introduction and

Notes,” University of Manchester: Manchester, England, 1979

28. JAFFER, Tariq, “Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606/1210): Philosopher and

Theologian as Exegete,” Yale University: New Haven, Connecticut, 2005

29. KEELER, Annabel, “Persian Sufism and Exegesis: Maybudi’s Commentary

on The Qur’an: The Kashf al-Asrar,” University of Cambridge: Cambridge,

England, 2001

30. KIFAYAT ULLAH, “Al-Kashshaf: Al-Zamakhsharis’ (d. 538/1144)

Mutazilite Exegesis of the Qur’an,” Georgetown University: Washington,

D.C., 2013

31. KULINICH, Alena, “Representing a Blameworthy Tafsir: Mutazilite

Exegetical Tradition in al-Jami fi Tafsir al-Qur’an of Ali Ibn Isa al-

Rummani (d. 384/994),” University of London: London, England, 2011

32. LANE, Andrew J., “Al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1144) and his Qur’an

Commentary al-Kashshaf: A Late Mutazilite Scholar at Work,” University

of Toronto: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003

33. MATALKAH, Hamdan Ezzet, “Systematic Ways of Explaining and

Commentating on the Qur’anic Word Surah al-Baqarah a Comparison

Between al-Zamakhshari in (al-Kashshaaf) and Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi in

(al-Bahr al-Muheet),” University of Petra: Amman, Jordan, 2017

34. MIRZA, Younus Y., “Ibn Kathir (d. 774/1373): His Intellectual Circle,

Major Works and Qur’anic Exegesis,” Georgetown University: Washington,

D.C., 2012


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35. NAHIDI, Shahram, “Towards a New Qur’anic Hermeneutics Based on

Historico-critical and Intertextual Approaches: The Case of the Crucifixion

of Jesus in the Tafasir of Eight Muslim Exegetes,” Universite de Montreal:

Quebec, Canada, 2013

36. NGUYEN, Martin Tran, “The Confluence and Construction of Traditions:

al-Qushayri (d. 465/1072) and the Intersection of Qur’anic Exegesis,

Theology, and Sufism,” Harvard University: Cambridge, Massachusetts,

2009

37. NURAD DAIM, al-Hibr Yusuf, “The Charge of Shi’ism Against al-Tabari

with Special Reference to his Tafsir,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh,

Scotland, 1969

38. OKEH, Atefa, “Tafsir al-Qur’an attributed to Abdullah Ibn Abbas (d.

68/668),” University of Wales: Cardiff, Wales, 2008

39. SALEH, Walid A., “The Qur’an Commentary of al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035),”

Yale University: New Haven, Connecticut, 2001

40. SANDS, Kristin L. (Zahra), “Commentary (Tafsir) and Allusion (Ishara): A

Comparative Study of Exoteric and Sufi Interpretations of the Qur’an in

Classical Islam,” New York University: New York, 2000

41. SCHUB, Michael B., “Linguistic Topics in al-Zamchshari’s Commentary on

the Qur’an,” University of California: Oakland, California, 1977

42. STREET, Tony, “Angels in Medieval Islamic Theology: A Study in Fakhr

al-Din al-Razi,” Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1988

43. THAVER, Tehseen, “Ambiguity, Hermeneutics, and the Formation of Shi’i

Identity in al-Sharif al-Radi’s (d. 1015 C.E.) Qur’an Commentary,”

University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2013

44. TOHE, Achmad, “Muqatil Ibn Sulayman: A Neglected Figure in the Early

History Of Qur’anic Commentary,” Boston University, Boston,

Massachusetts, 2015

45. TROUDI, Khaled, “Qur’anic Hermeneutics with Reference to Narratives: A

Study in Classical Exegetical Traditions,” University of Exeter: Devon,


46. WAJAN, Walid Hwaimel Abdelaziz, “Early Literary Trends for Qur’anic

Exegesis During the First Three Centuries of Islam,” University of London:

London, England, 1989


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47. ZADEH, Ensieh Nasrollahi, “The Qur’an Commentary Attributed to Imam

Ja’far Sadiq (AS): A Study of its Dating and Interpretive Method,”

University of Birmingham: Birmingham, 2003

48. ZUBIR, Badri Najib, “Balagha as an Instrument of Qur’an Interpretation: A

Study of Al-Kashshaf,” University of London: London, England, 1999

B. The Qur’an Commentaries and Commentators: Modern

49. AB RAHMAN, Asyraf Hj., “The Concept of Social Justice as Found in

Sayyid Qutb’s Fi Zilal al-Qur’an,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh,

Scotland, 2000

50. AHMAD, Nadzrah, “Methodology and Issues within Tafsir al-Qur’an al-

Karim by Abdul Halim Hasan et al., An Analytical Study,” International

Islamic University, Malaysia: Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia, 2014

51. ALI, Akbar, “Revelation and Qur’anic Hermeneutics: An Analysis of Four

Contemporary Discourses,” University of Melbourne: Melbourne, 2017

52. ALRAJAIBI, Iman M., “Aesthetics in the Qur’an: A Thematic Study Based

on Selected Modern Exegeses,” University of Birmingham: Birmingham,

West Midlands, 2016

53. ARKADAN, Salah Eddine S., “A Critical Edition of Fath al-Mannan bi

Tafsir al-Qur’an by al-Hasan b. Ahmad Akish (d. 1289/1874),” University

of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, 1994

54. AZMAT, Tanveer, “Understanding and Qur’anic Revelation: The Dynamic

Hermeneutics of Irfan A. Khan,” Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago:

Chicago, Illinois, 2016

55. CALIS, Halim, “Akbari Hermeneutics in Shams al-Din al-Fanari’s Qur’an

Commentary on the Chapter al-Fatiha,” University of Chicago: Chicago,

Illinois, 2018

56. ELMI, Mohammad Jafar, “An Objective Approach to Revelation: S. M. H.

Tabataba’i’s Method of Interpreting the Qur’an,” University of

Birmingham: Birmingham, West Midlands, 2002

57. IBRAHIM, Esam Eltigani Mohamed, “al-Tafsir al-Tawhidi: A Study on the

Ideological Aspect of Hasan al-Turabi’s Exegetical Work,” International

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58. IKHWAN, Munirul, “An Indonesian Initiative to Make the Qur’an Down-

To-Earth: Muhammad Quraish Shihab and his School of Exegesis,” Freie

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59. KHATOON, Uzma, “A Critical Study of Select Urdu Tafasir of 20th

Century,” Aligarh Muslim University: Aligarh, India, 2015

60. LARSEN, John Moller, “Art & Activism: The Qur’anic Exegesis of Sayyid

Qutb, University of Aarhus: Aarhus, Denmark,” 2006

61. LAWSON, B. Todd, “The Qur’an Commentary of Sayyid Ali Muhammad

Shirazi: The Bab,” McGill University: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1987

62. MEDOFF, Louis Abraham, “Ijtihad and Renewal in Qur’anic

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63. MEFTAH, Jilani Ben Touhami, “The Arab Modernists of the Last Three

Decades and the Qur’anic Text: A Critical Study,” University of Malaya:

Kuala Lumpur, 2003

64. MIR, Mustansir, “Thematic and Structural Coherence in the Qur’an: A

Study of Islahi’s Concept of Nazm,” University of Michigan: Ann Arbor,

Michigan, 1983

65. MOHD-NOOR, Ahmad Yunus, “Scientific Exegesis Reappraised: A

Critical Study of al-Jawahir fi Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Karim,” Durham

University: North East England, 2013

66. OSMANI, Noor Mohammad, “Mawdudi’s Tafhim al-Qur’an and Islamic

Dawah: A Methodology Study,” International Islamic University, Malaysia:

Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia, 2002

67. ROBORGH, Herman, “A Critical Analysis of Amin Ahsan Islahi’s

Approach to Understand the Qur’an,” Aligarh Muslim University: Aligarh,

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68. SEFERTA, Y. H. R., “The Concept of Religious Authority According to

Tafsir al-Manar and other Writings of Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Rida

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of Birmingham: Birmingham, West Midlands, 1984

69. SHAFTI, Farhad, “A Comparative Analysis of the Farahi School of

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Scotland, 2016


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70. SIDDIQUE, Bashir Ahmad, “Modern Trends in Tafseer Literature

Miracles,” University of Punjab: Lahore, 1972

71. YUSOF, Wan Sabri Wan, “Hamka’s Tafsir al-Azhar: Qur’anic Exegesis as

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72. YUSOOF, M.Y. Zulkifli Haji Mohd, “A Study of Tafsir Abr al-Athir and

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73. ZAR, Wali, “Aspects of Mysticism in the Tafseer of Imam Isme’al Haqqi’s

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C. Issues of the Qur’an Translatibility: Comparative Studies

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English Translations of the Near-Synonymous Divine Names in the

Qur’an,” University of Leeds: West Yorkshire, England, 2015

75. AL-JABARI, Raed, “Reasons for the Possible Incomprehensibility of Some

Verses of Three Translations of the Meaning of the Holy Qur’an into

English,” University of Salford: Greater Manchester, England, 2008

76. AL-MALIK, Fahad M., “Performative Utterances their Basic and Secondary

Meaning with Reference to Five English Translations of the Holy Qur’an,”

Durham University: North East England, 1995

77. AL-MISNED, Othman A., “Metaphor in the Qur’an: An Assessment of the

Three English Translations of Surat Al–Hajj,” Durham University: North

East England, 2001

78. AL-SAHLI, Abdullah, “Non-Cannonical Word Order: Its Types and

Rhetorical Purposes with Reference to Five Translations of the Meanings of

the Holy Qur’an,” Durham University: North East England, 1996

79. AL-SALEM, Reem Salem, “Translation of Metonymy in the Holy Qur’an:

A Comparative, Analytical Study,” King Saud University: Riyadh, Saudi

Arabia, 2008

80. AL-SHAJE’A, Hilal Abdullah, “Translation of the Collocations in the Holy

Qur’an into English: A Comparative Study,” University of Mysore:

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81. EL-MAGAZY, Rowaa, “An Analytical Study of Translating the Qur’an:

Comparative Analysis of Nine English Translations of Surah Al-Anam,”

University of Portsmouth: Hampshire, England, 2004

82. HASSEN, Rim, “English Translations of the Qur’an by Women: Different

or Derived?,” University of Warwick: Coventry, England, 2012

83. HERRAG, El-Hassane, “The Ideological Factor in the Translation of

Sensitive Issues from the Qur’an into English, Spanish and Catalan,”

Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona: Bellaterra, Spain, 2012

84. JUMEH, Mohammed, “The Loss of Meaning in Translation: Its Types and

Factors with Reference to Ten English Translations of the Meanings of the

Qur’an,” University of Wales: Cardiff, Wales, 2006

85. KHAN, Abdul Majid, “A Critical Study of Muhammad Asad’s The

Message of the Qur’an (1980),” Aligarh Muslim University: Aligarh, India,

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86. KHAYYAT, Mustafa Monther, “Using Exegesis in Translating the Meaning

of the Glorious Qur’an,” University of Petra: Amman, Jordan, 2013

87. LAHMAMI, Abdulilah, “The Importance of Tafsir in Qur’an Translation,”


88. MAULA, Aizul, “A Metaphor Translation of the Holy Qur’an: A

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89. MUSHTAQ, Aroosha, “A Critical Study of Abdul Majid Daryabadi’s

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90. NAJJAR, Sumaya Ali, “Metaphors in Translation: An Investigation of a

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the Qur’an,” John Moores University: Liverpool, England, 2012

91. NASEEF, Riyad, “Translating Metonymy in the Holy Qur’an: A Case Study

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92. NASSIMI, Daoud Mohammad, “A Thematic Comparative Review of Some

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96. WILSON, Brett, “The Qur’an After Babel: Translating and Printing the

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D. Issues of the Qur’an Translatibility: Lexical Issues

97. AHMED, Adam, “Towards a Structured Theory on Qur’an Translation:

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98. AHMED, Noor-Ud-Din, “Influence of the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith on

the Arabic Prose Literature in Medieval India,” Gauhati University: Assam,

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99. ALALDDIN T., Al-Tarawneh, “Towards a New Methodology for

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100. AL-AZZAM, Kabri H. S., “Certain Terms Relating to Islamic Observances:

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105. ALOMARY, Shaban, “Conative Utterances: A Qur’anic Perspective,”

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106. AWAD, Abdul Kareem, “Translating Arabic into English with Special

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107. BADARNEH, Muhammad A., “The Rhetorical Question as a Discursive

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108. BIRNSTIEL, Daniel, “Selected Features of Arabic Syntax in the Qur’an,”

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109. DAGHMASH, Hanan Mustafa, “Unconsistency of Qur’anic Translation: A

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110. DAYEH, Islam, “Exegesis as Literary Criticism Studies in Qur’anic

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128. NOFAL, Nour Mohammad, “Rendition of the Arabic Conditional Structures

in the Glorious Qur’an Surat al-Baqara into English: A Study in Translated

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129. OMAR, Nida S., “Translating Qur’anic Vocative Sentences into English: A

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133. SALEH ELIMAM, Ahmed Abdelmoneim, “Clause-Level Foregrounding in

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134. SALIM, Huda Yaseen Ali, “Collocation and Other Lexical Relationships in

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291. RIPPIN, Andrew, “The Qur’anic Asbab al-Nuzul Material: An Analysis of

its Use and Development in Exegesis,” McGill University: Montreal,


292. SAMAD, Muhammad Amin A., “Ibn Qutaybah’s Contribution to Qur’anic

Exegesis: An Analytical Study of his Work Ta’wil Mushkil al-Qur’an,”

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293. WHITTINGHAM, Martin, “The Qur’anic Hermeneutics of Abu Hamid al-

Ghazali with Special Reference to his Understanding of Ta'wil,” University

of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 2002

294. YUNUS, Muhammad Rafi’i, “Modern Approaches to the Study of Ijaz al-

Qur’an,” University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994

M. Prophets and Personalities in the Qur’an

295. AZMI, Ahmad Sanusi bin., “Qur’anic Reference to Prophet Muhammad’s

Early Life: An Analysis of Selected Works of the Third/Ninth Century,”

University of Birmingham: Birmingham, West Midlands, 2017

296. BRONSON, Catherine, “Imagining the Primal Woman: Islamic Selves Of

Eve,” University of Chicago: Chicago, Illinois, 2012

297. CALABRIA, Michael D., “The Foremost of Believers: The Egyptians in the

Qur’an, Islamic Exegesis, and Extra-Canonnical Texts,” University of

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298. FARSTAD, Mona Helen, “Chaste, Chosen, and Purified: An Analysis of the

Qur’anic Narratives about Maryam,” University of Bergen: Bergen,

Norway, 2012

299. HALMAN, Hugh Talat, “’Where Two Seas Meet’ the Qur’anic Story of

Khidr and Moses in Sufi Commentaries as a Model for Spiritual Guidance,”

Duke University: Durham, North Carolina, 2000

300. JERVIS, James Paul, “Al-Khadir: Origins and Interpretations a

Phenomenological Study,” McGill University: Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

1993

301. LATIF, Amer, “Qur’anic Narrative and Sufi Hermeneutics: Rumi’s

Interpretations of Pharaoh’s Character,” Stony Brook University: New

York, 2009

302. WILLIAMS, Rebecca R., “An Analysis of the Supernatural Archetype of

the Prophet Muhammad as Found in the Sira/Tarikh and Tafsir Works of al-

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303. WILSON, J. Christy, “Muhammad’s Prophetic Office as Portrayed in the

Qur’an,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1949

N. Collection, Codices and Manuscripts of the Qur’an

304. ABOU-KHATWA, Noha, “Calligraphers, Illuminators and Patrons:

Mamluk Qur’an Manuscripts from 1341–1412 AD in Light of the Collection

of the National Library of Egypt,” Toronto University, 2017

305. BRUBAKER, Daniel Alan, “Intentional Changes in Qur’an Manuscripts,”

University of Houston: Houston, Texas, 2014

306. FEDELI, Alba, “Early Qur’anic Manuscripts, their Text, and the Alphonse

Mingana Papers held in the Department of Special Collections of the

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307. KARAME, Alya, “Qur’ans from the Eastern Islamic World Between the

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308. LOPEZ-MORILLAS, Consuelo, “Lexical and Etymological Studies in the

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Madrid,” University of California: Oakland, California, 1974


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309. SHEHZAD, Saleem, “Collection of the Qur’an: A Critical and Historical

Study of Al-Farahi’s View,” University of Wales: Cardiff, Wales, 2010

310. SILZELL, Sharon Lyn, “In Hearts and Hands: Sanctity, Sacrilege, and

Written Qur’an in Pre-Modern Sunni Muslim Society,” University of Texas:

Austin, Texas, 2015

311. SMALL, Keith E. “Mapping a New Country: Textual Criticism and Qur’an

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312. SUIT, Natalia Kasprzak, “Qur’anic Matters: Media and Materiality,”

University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2014

313. ZAIN, D’zul Haimi Bin Md., “Safavid Qur’ans: Style and Illumination,”

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O. Juristic Issues in the Qur’an

314. ALFAGHI, Latifa, “Application of Qur’anic Legal Verses in Contemporary

Times: Ijtihad in Practice,” University of Wales: Cardiff, Wales, 2013

315. BRUNELLE, Carolyn Anne, “From Text to Law: Islamic Legal Theory and

the Practical Hermeneutics of Abu Jafar Ahmad al-Tahawi (d. 321/933),”

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016

316. FRIEDMAN, Rachel Anne, “Clarity, Communication, and

Understandability: Theorizing Language in al-Baqillani’s I’jaz al-Qur’an

and Usul al-Fiqh Texts,” University of California: Berkeley, 2015

317. OTHMAN, Abdul Hamid Bin Haji, “Shafi’i and the Interpretation of the

Role of the Qur’an and the Hadith,” University of St. Andrews: Fife,

Scotland, 1976

318. SMITH, Antar Ibn-Stanford, “Significant Features of Al-Jassas

Methodology for Deriving Legal Ruling from the Qur’an,” University of

Michigan: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985

319. SOUAIAIA, Ahmed E., “The Sociology of Inheritance: Privileged Parlance

and Unearned Rights,” University of Washington: Seattle, Washington,

2002

P. Readings of the Qur’an

320. ABD ALLAH, Ahmad Ali Muhammad, “The Variant Readings of the

Qur’an: A Critical Study of their Historical and Linguistic Origins,”



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321. ABU FAYYAD, Fawzi Ibrahim, “The Seven Readings of the Qur’an: A

Critical Study of their Linguistic Differences,” University of Glasgow:

Glasgow, Scotland, 1989

322. ABU-BAKR, Yousef El-Khalife, “Text of the Qur’an with Reference to the

Phonetic Aspects of Tajwid,” University of Manchester: Manchester,

England, 1974

323. ALSURF, Saeed Saad Saeed, “The Phonetics of the Qur’anic

Pharyngealised Sounds: Acoustic and Articulatory Studies,” Macquarie

University: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2013

324. AL-WOHAIBI, Saleh Sulaiman, “Qur’anic Variants (Ilm Al-Qiraat): An

Historical-Phonological Study,” Indiana University: Bloomington, 1982

325. AMIN, A.M.F.M., “The Place of the Science of Qiraat and Tajwid Among

the Sciences,”Rand Afrikaans University 1998

326. BROCKETT, Adrian Alan, “Studies in two Transmissions of the Qur’an,”

University of St. Andrews: Fife, Scotland, 1984

327. EL-ASHIRY, Mohammad Riyad Mahmoud, “Some Phonetic Aspects of

Qur’anic Recitation,” University of London: London, England, 1996

328. GADE, Anna M., “An Envy of Goodness: Learning to Recite the Qur’an in

Modern Indonesia,” University of Chicago: Chicago, Illinois, 1999

329. GOUDA, Ahmed Saher, “Qur’anic Recitation: Phonological Analysis,”

Georgetown University: Washington, D.C., 1988

330. HABIS, Ayman Abdullah Hamid, “Comparing Expert and Non-expert

Reciters of the Qur’an: Emphatic Assimilation in Classical and Modern

Standard Arabic: An Experimental Approach to Qur’anic Recitaion,”


331. JARRAR, Rola Neyazi, “The Discipline of Qur’an Recitation in Britain and

its History and Status in the Islamic Curriculum,” University of


332. NASSER, Shady Hekat, “The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the

Qur’an the Problem of Tawatur and the Emergence of Shawadhdh,”

Harvard University: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011


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333. PACHOLCZYK, Josef Marcin, “Regulative Principles in the Koran: Chant

of Shaikh Abdul Basit Abdus Samad,” University of California: Oakland,

California, 1970

334. SAID, S. A. A. M., “A Study of the Philologist Ibn Khalawayhi and Critical

Text of his Kitab I’rab Al-Qira’at As-Sab’ Wa’ Illalina, Known as Al-

Qiraat,” University of Manchester: Manchester, England, 1975

Q. Knowledge, Education and Ethics in the Qur’an

335. ABDULLAH, Adbul-Rahman Salih, “Educational Theory: A Qur’anic

Outlook,” University of Edinburg: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1981 \

336. AHMAD, Mushtaq, “Business Ethics in the Qur’an: A Synthetic Exposition

of the Qur’anic Teachings Pertaining to Business,” Temple University:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983

337. AL-EDRUS, Syed Muhammad Dawilah Bin Syed Abdullah, “Concept of

Ilm in the Qur’an: An Introduction to Qur’anic Epistemology,” 1984

338. AL-SHAMMA, Ṣalih Hadi, “The Ethical System Underlying the Qur’an: A

Study of Certain Negative and Positive Notions,” University of Edinburg:

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1959

339. ANSARI, Shabana Muhammad Saleem, “The Concept of Moral Education

in the Holy Qur’an,” Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University:

Maharashtra, India, 1994

340. BONE, Amra, “Knowledge: The Qur’anic Discourse Concerning Reason

and Revelation and its Impact,” University of Birmingham: Birmingham,

West Midlands, 2016

341. RAHBAR, M. D., “Studies in the Ethical Doctrine of the Qur’an,”

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, England, 1953

342. RISHA, Sarah, “Education and Curricular Perspective in the Qur’an,”

Arizona State University: Tempe, Arizona, 2013

343. SALEEM, Muhammad Tahir, “The Qur’anic Knowledge from Scientific

Perspective,” National University of Modern Languages: Islamabad,

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R. The Qur’an and Science

344. ABDEL-HADY, Zakariyya Mohamed, “The Human Being in the Holy

Qur’an: A Psychological Approach,” University of Glasgow: Glasgow,

Scotland, 1997

345. ABU-MILHA, Khalid Yahya, “Scientific Issues in the Hoy Qur’an:

Meaning and Translation of Verses Relating to the Creation of the

Universe,” Durham University: North East England, 2003

346. CHAUDHURY, Abul Hassan, “A Study on the Scientific Indications in the

Qur’an with Special Reference to Astronomy,” Assam University: Silchar,

Assam, India, 2013

347. HUSAIN, Shaikh Azimuddin Mohammed, “The Concept of Science as

Revealed in the Holy Qur’an and its Impact on Modern Education: A

Study,” Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University: Maharashtra,

India, 2002

348. NADEEM, Abid, “Qur’anic Fauna and Flora in the Light of Islamic

Literature and Biology,” University of Punjab: Lahore, 2011

349. SHAD, Tabasam Jamal, “Geographical Science and the Holy Qur’an: An

Experimental Study of Physical and Agricultural Geography in the Holy

Qur’an,” University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, 1997

350. SHAH, Sultan, “The Origin of Life and its Continuity: A Comparative

Study of Holy Qur’an and Biology,” Islamia University: Bahawalpur,

Pakistan: Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Bahawalpur, 1999

351. YAHYA, Firdaus Bin, “Cosmic Creation Theory According to the Qur’an

and Sunnah,” International Islamic University, Malaysia: Gombak,


S. The Qur’an in the Digital World

352. ABDULLAH, Matin Saad, “Teaching and Understanding Qur’an Using

Adaptive Intelligent System for Collaborative Online Learning,”


2006

353. AHMAD, Mohammad Abdul Lateef, “Protection of the Digital Holy Qur’an

Using I T Techniques,” International Islamic University, Malaysia:



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354. JILANI, Aisha, “Parallel Corpus Multi Stream Question Answering with

Application to the Qur’an,” University of Huddersfield: West Yorkshire,

England, 2013

355. MOHAMMED, Lampeter, “An Information Approach to Document and

Intelligent Retrieval Systems: Problems and Alternatives for Representing

Subjects in the Qur’anic Text,” University of Wales: Cardiff, Wales, 1991

356. YAURI, Aliyu Rufai, “Automated Semantic Query Formulation for

Qur’anic Verse Translation Retrieval,” University of Putra, Malaysia:


T. Other Theses on the Qur’an

357. AL-SID, Muhammad Ata, “The Hermeneutical Problem of the Qur’an in

Islamic History,” Temple University: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975

358. AMER, Amin Fateh, “A Critical Study of the Anti-Hadith Ideology from a

Qur’anic Perspective,” University of Birmingham: Birmingham, West

Midlands, 2010

359. HUSSEIN, Hassan Soleiman, “The Koran and Courtly Love: A Study of the

Koran and its Influence on the Development of Divine and Courtly Love,”

University of Southern California: Los Angeles, California, 1971

360. JALABI, A. A., “An Edition of Part I of Maani al-Qur’an wa Irabuha by

Ibrahim bin al-Saraj al-Zajjay,” University of London: London, England,

1971

361. JAMES, David, “The Development of the Qur’anic Calligraphy and

Illumination Under the Mamlukes, 1300-1376 and in Iraq and Iran in the

Same Period,” Durham University: North East England, 1982

362. KHAN, Muhammad Arif, “New Dimensions of the Study of the Qur’an in

the Light of Dr Rafiuddin’s Thought,” Allama Iqbal Open University:

Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011

363. SAFDAR, Syed Safdar Hussain, “Qur’anic Sociology of Philosophy,”

Bahauddin Zakariya University: Multan, Pakistan, Multan, 1987

364. SEADON, Yasser Hussein, “The Second Migration Between History and

Qur’anic Interpretation,” University of South Africa: Gauteng, South Africa:

Gauteng, South Africa, 2006

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