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Towards Understanding the Qur’an

that a community is not lacking in the capacity for thought, for enquiry and investigation, for grasping or wrestling with the problems it faces. It also shows that the intelligent members of the community are earnestly concerned about their religion and how to apply its injunctions to the problems of human life. It shows too that their intellectual capacities operate within the broad framework of their religion, rather than searching beyond its boundaries for solutions to their problems. And it proves that the community is following the golden path of moderation. Such moderation preserves its unity by broad agreement on fundamentals, and at the same time provides its scholars and thinkers with full freedom of enquiry so that they may achieve fresh insights and new interpretations within the framework of the fundamental principles of Islam.

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It is not intended here to survey all the questions which may arise in the mind of a student of the Qur’an. Many questions relate to specific surahs or verses, and they are explained in the relevant notes. This introduction confines itself to basic questions related to the understanding of the Qur’an as a whole.

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