Articles on Islahi - English
Is the Qur’an a Shapeless Book?
Author: Dr Mustansir Mir One of the long-standing objections levelled against the Qur’an by its non-Muslim critics is that it appears to have no regular form or structure. It is said that its verses follow one another with little sense of interconnection and its surahs seem to have been arranged in a sequence based on […]
Light Verse of Surah Nur
Author: Dr Mustansir Mir The 35th verse of the 24th surah of the Qur’an, an-Nur, is known as the Light Verse (ayat an-nur). The verse is so called because of the remarkable parable of light—-Divine Light—it contains. Here is a translation of the verse, followed by commentary, which is based mainly on the interpretation of […]
Tadabbur-i Qur’an (Surah Fatihah) Compared
Author: Dr Khalid Zaheer There is a wide choice of English translations of the Qur’an to benefit from but, unfortunately, when it comes to the descriptive interpretation, the option is extremely limited. On the other hand, English readers, both Muslims and non-Muslims, are compelled to look to descriptive exegeses to manage better understanding, as their […]
“Tadabbur-i-Qur’an” – An Outline of its Pattern of Nazm
Author: Dr. Shehzad Saleem So long as men can live and eyes can see So long lives this and this gives life to thee The Tadabbur-i Qur’an is a monumental commentary of the Qur’an written by Amin Ahsan Islahi. Extending over nine volumes of six thousand pages, this masterful work was completed in a span […]