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A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri

Sufi interpretation of the Qur’an has always tried to justify their view of the God-human relationship and God-World relationship by utilizing the verses of the Qur’an. This paper will study the controversies in the interpretation of the Qur’an by the Wujūdīyyah group of Malay Sufis in the 17th cent...

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Main Author: Mohamad Nasir, Mohamad Nasrin
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Published: Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan 2023
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BJ1188 Religious ethics
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BP134.S3 Quran and Science
BP166.4 Special schools, movement etc.
BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics
BP600 Other beliefs and movements
BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
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spelling my.iium.irep.1112692024-03-13T07:32:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/111269/ A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri Mohamad Nasir, Mohamad Nasrin BJ1188 Religious ethics BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP134.S3 Quran and Science BP166.4 Special schools, movement etc. BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics BP600 Other beliefs and movements BP88 Individual authors, A-Z Sufi interpretation of the Qur’an has always tried to justify their view of the God-human relationship and God-World relationship by utilizing the verses of the Qur’an. This paper will study the controversies in the interpretation of the Qur’an by the Wujūdīyyah group of Malay Sufis in the 17th century Acheh and Malay Archipelago. Their interpretation were pantheistic according to their opponent, the Shaykh al-Islam of Acheh Nur al-Din al-Ranīrī. al-Ranīrī had to counter their teachings in an effort to cleanse Sufism from pantheistic ideas. The text chosen, Fath al-Mubin ala al-Mulhidin (The clear victory against the heretics) is a Jawi text written by al-Ranīrī before he left Acheh for good in 1446 for India. Perhaps one of the most interesting appeal of the wujūdīyyah mulhidah was their ability to interpret verses of the Quran to their advantage. This has forced al-Ranīrī to reinterpret those same verses to demonstrate the misunderstandings of their teachings of those verses of the Qur’an. Issues of reinterpretation, authoritative interpretation and cogency are clearly expressed in the text. The paper provides a glimpse of discussion of 17th century Malay Sufism which is often ignored by scholars of the Islamics. This paper will begin by giving a background of the controversy and proceed to discuss the arguments given by al-Ranīrī for a reinterpretation of the Quranic texts used by the Wujūdīyyah in his quest for upholding the true Sufi view. Whenever possible, a comparative view with the teachings or statements of Ibn ‘Arabī would be brought into the analysis. Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan 2023-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/111269/2/ConfirmationLetter_JISPak.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/111269/13/111269_A%20study%20of%20the%20reinterpretation%20of%20the%20Quran.pdf Mohamad Nasir, Mohamad Nasrin (2023) A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri. Islamic Studies, 62 (4). pp. 453-469. ISSN 0578-8072 E-ISSN 2710-5326 http://irigs.iiu.edu.pk:64447/ojs/index.php/islamicstudies
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topic BJ1188 Religious ethics
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BP134.S3 Quran and Science
BP166.4 Special schools, movement etc.
BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics
BP600 Other beliefs and movements
BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
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BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BP134.S3 Quran and Science
BP166.4 Special schools, movement etc.
BP170 Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics
BP600 Other beliefs and movements
BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
Mohamad Nasir, Mohamad Nasrin
A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri
description Sufi interpretation of the Qur’an has always tried to justify their view of the God-human relationship and God-World relationship by utilizing the verses of the Qur’an. This paper will study the controversies in the interpretation of the Qur’an by the Wujūdīyyah group of Malay Sufis in the 17th century Acheh and Malay Archipelago. Their interpretation were pantheistic according to their opponent, the Shaykh al-Islam of Acheh Nur al-Din al-Ranīrī. al-Ranīrī had to counter their teachings in an effort to cleanse Sufism from pantheistic ideas. The text chosen, Fath al-Mubin ala al-Mulhidin (The clear victory against the heretics) is a Jawi text written by al-Ranīrī before he left Acheh for good in 1446 for India. Perhaps one of the most interesting appeal of the wujūdīyyah mulhidah was their ability to interpret verses of the Quran to their advantage. This has forced al-Ranīrī to reinterpret those same verses to demonstrate the misunderstandings of their teachings of those verses of the Qur’an. Issues of reinterpretation, authoritative interpretation and cogency are clearly expressed in the text. The paper provides a glimpse of discussion of 17th century Malay Sufism which is often ignored by scholars of the Islamics. This paper will begin by giving a background of the controversy and proceed to discuss the arguments given by al-Ranīrī for a reinterpretation of the Quranic texts used by the Wujūdīyyah in his quest for upholding the true Sufi view. Whenever possible, a comparative view with the teachings or statements of Ibn ‘Arabī would be brought into the analysis.
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title A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri
title_short A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri
title_full A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri
title_fullStr A study of the reinterpretation of the Quran in a seventeenth-century Malay sufi text written by al-Raniri
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title_sort study of the reinterpretation of the quran in a seventeenth-century malay sufi text written by al-raniri
publisher Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan
publishDate 2023
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/111269/2/ConfirmationLetter_JISPak.pdf
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/111269/
http://irigs.iiu.edu.pk:64447/ojs/index.php/islamicstudies
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