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The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis

Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī is considered one of the prominent Muslim thinkers and scholars in the traditional Muslim world. He has produced numerous intellectual sources comprehensively. This paper aims to analyze Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī’s views on dealing with the scientific exegesis. This was investiga...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor,, Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed,, Asmilyia Mohd Mokhtar,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21004/1/56893-187890-1-SM.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.210042023-01-26T07:58:14Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21004/ The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor, Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed, Asmilyia Mohd Mokhtar, Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī is considered one of the prominent Muslim thinkers and scholars in the traditional Muslim world. He has produced numerous intellectual sources comprehensively. This paper aims to analyze Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī’s views on dealing with the scientific exegesis. This was investigated from his thoughtful and broad understanding of its principle and underlying purpose. The essential understanding of the principle of scientific exegesis was analytically discussed in his magnum opus; Jewels of the Qur’ān. To reach a representative conclusion, this study undertakes an analysis of the al-Ghazālī view, promotes intellectual discourse, and venerated exegesis as the main sources of reference by adopting the document analysis method. The finding shows that Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī’s discussion on scientific exegesis emphasized on relevance to contemporary practice and the modern context of Islam. It set forth an important framework and methodology for the integration of the Quran and science. This leads to the collaboration between two branches of knowledge and has come to be known as ‘scientific exegesis’ that the Qur’ān contains verses that point to scientific discoveries such as the roundness of the earth; the orbit of the earth around the sun; and the uniqueness of human fingerprints. It will provide students, educators, researchers, and scholars with a resource for understanding and responding to faithful Islamic sciences issues that are of concern to contemporary Islam and to society. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21004/1/56893-187890-1-SM.pdf Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor, and Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed, and Asmilyia Mohd Mokhtar, (2022) The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis. Islamiyyat : Jurnal Antarabangsa Pengajian Islam; International Journal of Islamic Studies, 44 . pp. 123-132. ISSN 0216-5636 https://ejournal.ukm.my/islamiyyat/issue/view/1532
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description Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī is considered one of the prominent Muslim thinkers and scholars in the traditional Muslim world. He has produced numerous intellectual sources comprehensively. This paper aims to analyze Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī’s views on dealing with the scientific exegesis. This was investigated from his thoughtful and broad understanding of its principle and underlying purpose. The essential understanding of the principle of scientific exegesis was analytically discussed in his magnum opus; Jewels of the Qur’ān. To reach a representative conclusion, this study undertakes an analysis of the al-Ghazālī view, promotes intellectual discourse, and venerated exegesis as the main sources of reference by adopting the document analysis method. The finding shows that Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī’s discussion on scientific exegesis emphasized on relevance to contemporary practice and the modern context of Islam. It set forth an important framework and methodology for the integration of the Quran and science. This leads to the collaboration between two branches of knowledge and has come to be known as ‘scientific exegesis’ that the Qur’ān contains verses that point to scientific discoveries such as the roundness of the earth; the orbit of the earth around the sun; and the uniqueness of human fingerprints. It will provide students, educators, researchers, and scholars with a resource for understanding and responding to faithful Islamic sciences issues that are of concern to contemporary Islam and to society.
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author Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor,
Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed,
Asmilyia Mohd Mokhtar,
spellingShingle Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor,
Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed,
Asmilyia Mohd Mokhtar,
The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis
author_facet Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor,
Zetty Nurzuliana Rashed,
Asmilyia Mohd Mokhtar,
author_sort Ahmad Yunus Mohd Noor,
title The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis
title_short The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis
title_full The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis
title_fullStr The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis
title_full_unstemmed The intellect of Abū Hāmid Al-Ghazālī in dealing with the Qur’anic scientific exegesis
title_sort intellect of abū hāmid al-ghazālī in dealing with the qur’anic scientific exegesis
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21004/1/56893-187890-1-SM.pdf
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