{[Qur’ānic] Interpretation}[9th April 1991]

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‘Qur’ānic exegesis gained new significance with the appearance of modernism towards the end of the 19^th century. The modernists, who sought to revive Islam from its degradation* and to reconcile it with what they found valuable in Western scientific traditions, set up the principle of returning to the pure and uncorrupted Islam of the “ancestors”.** As a consequence, the interpretation of the oldest and original source of Islam was regarded as imperative, and attempts were made to establish the principles necessary for a correct understanding of the Qur’ān.’

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**cf Christian Reformation

*** – ibid. [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 9

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