14. Contemporary Approaches to Sufi Tafsīr

Sufism and Scripture - A Historical Survey of Approaches to the Qur'an in the Sufi Tradition - Harith Bin Ramli

Harith Bin Ramli [+-]
SOAS, Cambridge Muslim College, University of Cambridge
Harith Bin Ramli is Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, Research Fellow at Cambridge Muslim College and Lector in Arabic, Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge.

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This book aims to provide readers with a useful and up to date chronological introduction to Sufi approaches to Qur’an exegesis, spanning across a wide variety of languages and cultural contexts throughout Islamic history up to the modern period. Drawing on insights from the broader field of Islamic Studies as well as Comparative Religious Studies, it explores the degree to which a common Sufi hermeneutical methodology can be identified, revisiting the question of the existence of a distinct genre of “Sufi Qur’an commentary” or “commentary through allusion” (al-tafsīr al-ishārī). By providing a broad and comprehensive survey of Sufi writings and historical records, as well as the works of Qur’an commentators not typically associated with Sufism, it challenges the tendency to define Sufi Qur’an exegesis simply according to the evidence of Sufi Qur’an commentaries.

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Bin Ramli, Harith. 14. Contemporary Approaches to Sufi Tafsīr. Sufism and Scripture - A Historical Survey of Approaches to the Qur'an in the Sufi Tradition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. Oct 2026. ISBN 9781781795415. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=31154. Date accessed: 11 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.31154. Oct 2026

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