Regulative Verses of the Qur?an
From Historical Trends to Contemporary Trajectories
Will be published approx. on 16. July 2026
Book
Hardback
978-90-04-75555-0 (ISBN)
Description
Why does the Qur?an contain legal verses, and how have scholars interpreted them across the centuries? Regulative Verses of the Qur?an offers a comprehensive study of how Islamic law emerged from scriptural interpretation, by exploring the nature of law in the Qur?an itself and in Islamic thought, including in the foundational yet often overlooked genre of a?kam al-Qur?an. Through detailed analysis of classical and contemporary texts, the volume reveals how jurists across Sunni, Shia, and Ibadi traditions have debated the meaning, scope, and application of legal verses. Drawing on rare primary sources and philosophical perspectives this book is an essential resource, illuminating the rich interplay between divine revelation, legal reasoning, and ethical inquiry in Islam.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-90-04-75555-0 (9789004755550)
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Karen Bauer is Associate Professor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Her research focuses on the Qur'an and its interpretation. Her books include Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Cambridge: 2015), An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries: On Women (co-authored with Feras Hamza, Oxford, 2021); Women, Households and the Hereafter in the Qur'an (Oxford, 2023, co-authored with Feras Hamza), and she has also written numerous articles.
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Ph.D. (1999), is Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies at AMI and Mofid University. He has taught at various academic institutions, including Shahid Beheshti University and the University of Birmingham. Professor Fatemi has published several monographs and numerous scholarly articles.
Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He researches the history of Shi?i law, with a particular interest in legal hermeneutics. He is author of Inevitable Doubt: Two Shi?i Theories of Jurisprudence (Brill, 2000), Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the Akhbari Shi?i School (Brill, 2007), Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning in Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012).
Devin J. Stewart, Ph.D. (1991), is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published many studies on the history of Shiism, the Qur'an, and other topics.
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Ph.D. (1999), is Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies at AMI and Mofid University. He has taught at various academic institutions, including Shahid Beheshti University and the University of Birmingham. Professor Fatemi has published several monographs and numerous scholarly articles.
Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He researches the history of Shi?i law, with a particular interest in legal hermeneutics. He is author of Inevitable Doubt: Two Shi?i Theories of Jurisprudence (Brill, 2000), Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the Akhbari Shi?i School (Brill, 2007), Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning in Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012).
Devin J. Stewart, Ph.D. (1991), is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published many studies on the history of Shiism, the Qur'an, and other topics.