...historical situation, as is evident from a definition of the Koran given by Fazlur Rahman himself: "The Qur'an is the divine response, through the Prophet's...the moral-social situation of the Prophet's Arabia" (TM. 5). The world in which we live, however, bespeaks an entirely different situation: how then can...

...and thereafter. Rahman's Views on Quranic Interpretation Rahman's process of Quranic interpretation consists of a "double movement, from the present situation to Quranic times, then back to the present."28 1n engaging in the first part of this double movement (ie, analyzing the socio-historical...

...accepting the historical situatedness of the Quranic message, offers a process of interpretation that consists of a double movement, from the present situation to Quranic times, then back to the present. In his hermeneutical approach, Rahman suggests that "one must first understand the import of meaning...