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  1. Publications
  2. Al-Qalam
  3. Volume 1
  4. Vol. 1, No. 2

Al-Qalam Journal of Advanced Islamic Research

Vol. 1, No. 2

An editorial foreword, three articles on Shīʿī supplicatory texts and the role of ʿaql in Qurʾanic exegesis, three book reviews, and announcements including ICAIR's governing board and the 2024 conference call for papers.

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January 2024

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Contents

Front Matter

  • i–v

    Editorial Foreword

    Ali H. Al-Hakim

Articles

  • 9–34

    Reflections on Duʿāʾ al-Bahāʾ (al-Saḥar)

    Ali H. Al-Hakim

  • 35–59

    The Role of ʿAql in Qurʾanic Exegesis: A Comparative Study of Traditional Shīʿī and Critical Rationalist Perspectives

    Mohammed Ali Ismail

  • 61–85

    A Textual-Critical Analysis of the Sources of the Duʿāʾ Commencing "Yā man arjūhu li-kulli khayr"

    Muḥammad Ghafūrī Nezhād

Reviews

  • 89–93

    The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

    Mehdi Ali

  • 95–99

    A Short History of Islamic Thought

    George Warner

  • 101–104

    The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism

    Syed A. H. Zaidi

News & Announcements

  • 107–109

    ICAIR Announces the Appointment of its Governing Board

    ICAIR

  • 111–113

    ICAIR Conference 2024: Call for Papers

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