Fazlur Rahman 1919 – 1988
Fazlur Rahman (1919 – 1988) was a Pakistani philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Islamic Philosophy.
Fazlur Rahman was a Pakistani-American Islamic philosopher and the most influential modernist interpreter of the Quran in twentieth-century Muslim thought. After studies at Oxford and a brief tenure as director of Pakistan's Central Institute of Islamic Research, where his progressive views provoked vehement opposition, he taught for the rest of his life at the University of Chicago. Major Themes of the Quran read the Quran as a coherent ethical and theological vision rather than a code of rules, while his Islam and Modernity defended the double-movement method, in which the historical context of revelation must be understood before its principles can be reapplied to the present.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Pakistani
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Islamic Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Fazlur Rahman:
“The Quran is one continuous moral message; it is not a code of disconnected rulings.”
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Attributed to Fazlur Rahman:
“True Islam is moral, not legal, in its first concern.”
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Attributed to Fazlur Rahman:
“The double movement of interpretation goes from the present, to the historical context of revelation, and back.”
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Attributed to Fazlur Rahman:
“A modern Islam is not a westernized Islam; it is an Islam that has rediscovered its own ethical center.”
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Attributed to Fazlur Rahman:
“Tradition is honored only when it is engaged, never when it is merely repeated.”
Frequently asked about Fazlur Rahman
- When did Fazlur Rahman live?
- Fazlur Rahman was born in 1919 and died in 1988.
- Where was Fazlur Rahman from?
- Fazlur Rahman was a Pakistani philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Fazlur Rahman associated with?
- Fazlur Rahman was associated with Islamic Philosophy.
- What was Fazlur Rahman known for?
- Fazlur Rahman was a Pakistani-American Islamic philosopher and the most influential modernist interpreter of the Quran in twentieth-century Muslim thought.
- How many quotes are attributed to Fazlur Rahman?
- There are 6 attributed quotations from Fazlur Rahman in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.