Explanation
The Qur’an appears as a text to be read historically, linguistically, and deconstructively, rather than as the object of a closed, literal reading. In the broader argument, the Qur’an signifies the possibility of opening the religious text to implicit meaning and historical context instead of confining it to theological reception.
Referenced by
- Arkoun Reads the Qur’an
- Critical humanism reconnects Islam with reason, freedom, and history
- Religious understanding changes across generations
- Historical reading of the text prevents isolating the verse from its context
- The historicity of the Qur’an has not yet been disclosed to Muslims
- Religious education should become a religious anthropology
- Qur’anic exegeses need historical study
- Understanding religion requires an anthropological and historical interpretation of the Qur’an and revelation
- His new reading of the Qur’an reveals implicit meaning and mental structures
- Critique of the projection of Aristotelian rationalism
- Critique of literal reading opens the door to scholarly interpretation