At a glance
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
Contested: This record includes matters on which scholars differ. The speaker's views are labelled as his, and other views are marked where no cited source yet exists.
Scripture and its sciencesScientific miracles claims and their critics
Summary
Al-Qur'an: Muhawala li-Fahm 'Asri ("The Qur'an: an attempt at a contemporary understanding") is a book by Mostafa Mahmoud in which he reads the Qur'an in what he calls a "contemporary" way. 1 The edition read here opens with a preface announcing "the new edition" of the book in the Kitab Mayu series, followed by the chapter "The architecture of the Qur'an". 3 2
The preface: the Qur'an and the sciences of the age (the author's view)
"The architecture of the Qur'an": the first meeting
The author relates that his first meeting with the Qur'an was at the age of four in the Qur'an school of Shaykh Mahmud, repeating after him the opening of Surat al-Duha without understanding a letter; that he received the Qur'anic words "with a completely blank mind" because his family forced neither religion nor study on him; and that the phrases would come back to him of their own accord "as if a living, independent creature". 2
For young visitors
In this book Mostafa Mahmoud tells of his love for the Qur'an since childhood, and tries to link its verses with what modern science has found; this is his view, which some scholars share and others reject.
Notes for researchers
- The text is digital with no publication data; page numbers are pages of the file.
- No Qur'anic text was taken from the file; verses are referred to by the numbers the author gives.
Connections
- Authored by
- Mostafa Mahmoud
- Mentions
- Scientific miracles in the Qur'an and Sunna — fact or exaggeration
People and things also explored
Al-Hadara al-Nabawiyya: 'The Prophetic Civilisation' (lesson series)· al-Qur'an Ka'in Hayy· Liqa' al-Iman, Meeting of Faith (television programme)· Lughz al-Hayat· Wa Yatafakkarun: 'And They Reflect' (lesson series)· Scientific miracles in the Qur'an and Sunna — fact or exaggeration· Mostafa Mahmoud· Misr (Egypt)
Sources
- Mostafa Mahmoud, al-Qur'an: Muhawala li-Fahm 'Asri (digital text) , p. 1
- Mostafa Mahmoud, al-Qur'an: Muhawala li-Fahm 'Asri (digital text) , p. 4
- Mostafa Mahmoud, al-Qur'an: Muhawala li-Fahm 'Asri (digital text) , p. 3
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Qur'an: Muhawala li-Fahm 'Asri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-quran-muhawala-li-fahm-asri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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