Research Article Details

Citation Journal Title: International Jordanian Journal Aryam for Humanities and Social Sciences

Citation Title: Questioning the Sacredness of Qur’anic Discourse in Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd’s Thought: A Critical Study

Citation Author: Dr. Abdelkarim Amin Mohamed Soliman

Citation Volume: 6

Citation Issue: 3

Citation Year: 2024

Citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.65811/632

Citation PDF: https://aijj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IJJA-VOL-6-ISSUE-3-NO-2-2024-PP-17-34-PDF-1.pdf

Received Date: 5 June 2024

Revised Date: 9 July 2024

Accepted Date: 19 August 2024

Publication Date: 23 September 2024

First Page: 17

Citation Abstract: In the last quarter of the twentieth century, a group of Arab thinkers influenced by Western philosophy and its modernist approaches to analyzing linguistic texts, and who tried to apply these approaches in analyzing the Qur’anic text as a linguistic text, linked to the common culture at the time of its revelation, trying to remove the sanctity imposed by the ancients in dealing with The Qur’an is read and studied, and Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd is considered one of the most prominent Arab thinkers who adopted this approach. His writings gained fame and influence, as a result of his scientific specialization in Islamic studies, the depth of his writings, and his use of heritage sources in his writings in addition to his modernist approaches.This study deals with Nasr Abu Zayd’s attempt to deny the sanctity of the Qur’anic discourse, and present its methodological procedures with analysis and criticism of these procedures.

Citation Keywords: the Qur'an, discourse, holiness, Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, study