Qur’anic Studies Unit
The Institute of Ismaili Studies embarked on Qur’anic Studies in 2000 with a view to promoting scholarship on the plurality of traditions inspired by the Qur’an(also Koran. Arabic term meaning, ‘recitation’ or ‘scripture’): Muslims believe that the Holy Qur’an contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of… More which have developed in Muslim history and up to the present time. By conducting research into and teaching about these interpretive traditions, the Institute aims to advance knowledge about the entire spectrum of traditional sources and, indirectly, to advance the acceptance of pluralism in the Islamic world.
Qur’anic Studies Series
This series aims to make some of the Qur’anic commentaries and interpretation materials from a broad chronological range available to a wider readership through translation and publication in English.
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