“The Understanding of the Qur’an” by Musa Jarullah Bigiev. Part 2

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Keywords: Musa Jarullah Bigiev; “Fiqh al-Qurʼān” (The Understanding of the Qurʼān); sūra “The Opening One” (al-Fātiḥa); Quranic hermeneutics; Islam in Russia

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Frolov D.V., Zaripov I.A. “The Understanding of the Qur’an” by Musa Jarullah Bigiev. Part 2. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2019. N 1, p.120–143

Frolov D.V. (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Zaripov I.A.

Abstract

This publication includes the second part of a translation into Russian of the commentary to the sūra “The Opening One” (al-Fātiḥa) and the first five ayats of the sūra “the Cow” (al-Baqara) by the Russian Muslim theologian Musa Jarullah Bigiyev (1874–1949) written in Arabic and published in 1915 year in Petrograd under the name “Fiqh al-Qurʼān” (The Understanding of the Qurʼān). It covers the commentary to the last three (according to another numbering four) ayats of the sūra “The Opening One” (al-Fātiḥa), which reflects the position of M. Bigiev concerning the history of the Qurʼān, its grammar and vocabulary, the differences between the readings (qirāʼat), and his hermeneutic reasoning, which is a synthesis of reformist and mystical approaches.