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We continue our reading of M. A. Draz’s “The Moral World Of The Qur’an”, this week discussing whether or not Islam is a “universal religion”, meaning is the morality of the Qur’an universally binding: if so, how, and if not, then why should non-Muslims take its message seriously?
We continue our reading of M. A. Draz’s “The Moral World Of The Qur’an”, analyzing the authority of the Prophet, peace be upon him. We continue this week discussing unanimous consensus (‘ijma’) and also start on reasoning by analogy (qiyas).
We continue the reading of M. A. Draz’s ‘The Moral World of the Qur’an’ by discussing how the Qur’an stands apart from human history and why that’s important—even essential—to establishing morality.
I continue the reading of M. A. Draz’s ‘The Moral World of the Qur’an’ by discussing the two enemies of morality:
He also asks the question: “Can guidance come but not obligation?”
From the Saturday morning class, Islam In-Depth. an introduction to M. A. Draz’s “The Moral World of the Qur’an” [download].