IIS and the Aga Khan Council for Edmonton presents a lecture by Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi.
Category: Quran
Islam teaches that the mind is mankind’s greatest gift, enabling humanity to recognize God’s order of creation clearly.
A magnificent scholarly achievement, The Study Quran offers an eminently readable, thought-provoking and nuanced understanding of Islam’s sacred text…
This twenty eight-minute lecture by Professor Angelika Neuwirth (Freie Universitat Berlin), a leading scholar in…
Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History – Exploring the Boundaries of a Genre Edited by Andreas…
Calligraphy was considered the supreme art, the one valued most highly in Islamic culture. The…
The Holy Qur’an, the sacred book of Muslims, literally means ‘recitation’ and thus, originated not…
Libraries have existed for a long time, dating back to at least the third millennium…
New IIS Book: Scripture, Poetry and the Making of a Community: Reading the Qur’an as a Literary Text
This volume presents the views on the Qur’an by Professor Angelika Neuwirth, one of the…
Timeline By The Institute of Ismaili Studies From about the third/ninth century, Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir…
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In this article the author examines Surat 33 of the Qur’an, al-Ahzab, in the context…
Edited by Karen Bauer Essays written by leading scholars, who provide multiple perspectives on the…
The Qur’anic Studies Unit at the IIS organised an international colloquium from 2–4 September 2013…
The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London 2–4 September 2013 This colloquium seeks to examine the…