Muhammad Asad’s the message of the Qur’an

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Nadzrah, Amir, Ahmad Nabil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Horizon Research Publishing Corporation 2016
• Subjects: BP130 Works about the Qurʼān; BP137 Qur'anic and other Islamic legends; BP87 Islamic Literature. Islamic authors
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/53447/2/HRPUB%20Asad%20Published.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/53447/; http://www.hrpub.org/download/20161130/SA11-19608188.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper aims to analyze the method of Qur’anic hermeneutic (al-ta’wil) as set forth by Muhammad Asad in his magnum opus, The Message of the Qur’an. Its objective is to study the underlying method he crafted in the commentary and the influence it projected in the Muslim world. The study of Muhamma...