المعيار
Volume 17, Numéro 1, Pages 1001-1015
2026-06-01
The Modernist Reading And Critique Of Religious Heritage In The Thought Of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Authors : Maatallah Ahmed .
Abstract
This article analyzes Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd's modernist approach to Islamic heritage, centering on hermeneutics (taʾwīl). Abu Zayd argued against sanctifying historical juristic works, equating them with the sacred texts (Qur'an and Sunnah). He emphasized the reader's active role in interpretation, viewing the religious text as historically situated and open to multiple readings across different contexts. While the Qur'an's wording is fixed, he contended that its meaning becomes fluid when engaged by human reason. The study outlines Abu Zayd's hermeneutical mechanisms, his advocacy for the text's historicity, and key criticisms of his project. It concludes by summarizing the research findings on his effort to separate foundational texts from their later interpretive traditions.
Keywords
Heritage; hermeneutics; Religious Text; Ijtihad; Historicity.
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