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Examine the Noble Qur’an’s historical context, form, content, and the multiplicity of its interpretations. Click the links below to access the material:
1. Speech: ‘Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur’an and its Artistic Expressions’, Mawlana Hazar Imam, 2003
2. Article: Qur’an, Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
3. Article: Approaches to the Qur’an, Shainool Jiwa
4. Article: The Qur’an in Muslim Life and Practice, Mahmoud M. Ayoub
5. Article: On Pluralism, Intolerance, and the Qur’an, Ali Asani
6. Article: Introductory Notes on the Qur’an, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
7. Article: Philosophical Remarks on Scripture, Aziz Esmail
8. Article: The Function of Asbab al-Nuzul in Qur’anic Exegesis, Andrew Rippin
9. Book Chapter: Introduction (from An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries - Volume I), Feras Hamza and Sajjad Rizvi
10. Video: A Thousand (and One) Interpretations of the Qur'an, Lecture by Dr. Omar Ali-de-Unzaga
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