#islamic studies

[peacefulqamar]

صُحْبَةٌ

- seek righteous companions to help each other get closer to Allah together

[jaanu-f]

There are always the sins Allah forgives whenever you can’t forget.

[tasneem-writes]

Subjects I'm taking in 2025-26:

♡ Quran Tafsir & translation

♡ Hadith

♡ 'Aqaid & Fiqh

♡ Arabic Language & literature

♡ Arabic grammar (Nahw & Sarf)

♡ Islamic History & Seerah

♡ Bangla Literature

♡ Bangla Grammar

♡ English Language

♡ English Grammar

♡ Mathematics

♡ ICT

Books I'm studying on my own:

♡ أصول الشاشي

♡ نفحة العرب

♡ مختصر القدوري

♡ هداية النحو

♡ علم الصيغة

♡ دروس البلاغة

♡ الطريق إلى الإنشاء

[chezmeh]

“Ramaḍân is the month in which the Quran was revealed as a guide for humanity with clear proofs of guidance and the decisive authority.”

- Quran [2:185]

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

Source

[flowersofjannah]

Highly recommend this book: Click me

[alburhanislamicinstitute]

[one-page-a-day]

21st of August 2024

I handed in my paper on women's reform in islam, focusing on Asma Barlas and amina wadud and their rereading of the Quran.

Both scholars had an enormous influence on me and I am so grateful that I got to experience both of them speaking in a conference at my university. They both opened a window in my mind to a liberating reading of the Quran that focuses on justice, mercy and compassion.

Both scholars develop their own methodology to derive gender justice as a premise from the quranic text. While wadud claims that the Quran makes no comment on gender hierarchies but rather emphasizes compassion between humans espacially between spouses, Barlas asserts that the Quran is anti-patriarchal.

From writing this paper I have learned that 'islamic feminism' is a very broad term and that the discussion of gender justice in islam has a huge history leading back to the 1920s. And that, in the end, it's not about the text, but what one makes of it. Meaning is not something that is handed to us on a platter. Islam and the Quran have no voice of their own, people have to make it speak, and this is the duty of all believers, in every new age.

Now, I'll be preparing my essay on the topic of commemorative culture and the ethical implications of the imperative "Remember!". In our seminar we have talked a lot about german commemorative culture, but I might pursue a different path and put my focus on palestinian commemoration. I was waiting for an opportunity to dive into palestinian history anyways.