My concern
Comprehending Contextual approach
and the Qur'ānic interpretations
Evaluating its differences from the
Textual approach and exegesis
Determining the best principles for understanding
the meanings and instructions of the Qur'ān
Contextual Approach
The Qur'ān should be
understood by understanding
the socio-historical context of
the text, when it was revealed,
as well as the context of the
time and place in which it is
being interpreted and applied
Response to Modernity
The Qur'ān was given
in a specific context
and its message was
specific to the Prophet
and his community
traditional
interpretations are
historic, specific and
context-based
interpretations
compatible with the
conditions of
the modern world
not to implement rigid
rules, but to establish
societies based on
justice, goodness
and beauty
enlightened
interpretations can
resolve the
contemporary issues
The leading proponent of Contextual Approach
meaning of the Qur'ān as a whole
and in its proper context
eliciting general moral objectives
through double movement theory
legal rulings are binding primarily in their
moral sense, not in their literal wording
Other Contextualists
Nasr Zayd Abu Hamid
Amina Wadud
Abdullah Saeed
(1943-2000)
(1952)
(1964)
Egyptian
African-American
Maldivian-Australian
Research Questions
How the
Contextual approach
differentiates from
the Textual approach
in the Qur'ānic
understanding?
To what extent
the application of the
contextual approach
influences the Qur'ānic
interpretations?
What is the practical
implication of the beliefs
and practices endorsed
by the contextualist
interpretations and how
much it meets the
contemporary needs of
life and the challenges
posed by it?
Research Method
(Discourse Analysis)
who wrote it
And when?
Discourse
Analysis
Text and Context
and
Cognition Process
Country
And Place ?
Institutional
And
Personal
Background ?
Research Method
(Framing Analysis)
Frames used as references to make sense of Modernity
Justice
Rationality
Peace
Human
Rights
Scientific
Discoveries
Liberty
Success
Political
Challenge
Universality
Advanced
Technology
Cultural
Invasion
Globalization
Research Method
(Framing Analysis)
Rhetorical Framing
Social Justice
Qur'ānic
Corporeal
Punishments
Adultery
Theft
(Q 24:2)
(Q 5:38)
Consumption
of wine
(Q 5:90)
Brigandage
Murder
(Q 5:33)
(Q 2:178)