Sohaib Saeed د. صهيب
Scottish Azhari. Purveyor of ḍād jokes and Great Exegesis. Director @IbnAshurCentre
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I decided to change the way we write tafsir in English. 🧵 https://t.co/UautRcWPgN
Dropping soon on Ibn ‘Ashur Centre’s YouTube channel: a unique study of Imam Suyuti’s “al-Itqan fi ‘Ulum al-Qur’an” Chapters 36-42, covering essential concepts in Quranic vocabular...
“Don’t talk to me about the ones who have done wrong. They’re as good as drowned!” (Q 11:37) https://t.co/7x5SXqcHrS
I just translated my qawa’id into Arabic and suddenly they seem much truer! https://t.co/NI6wh8apto
@SDanishHasan Imagine we adopted this as the basis for Anglophone Islamic culture! Non-Muslims: 🤧 “Excuse me” Muslims: 🤧 “Bosoms peep forth”
My classes on the Tafsir of Ibn Juzayy (covering issues of exegesis and translation) is now in the second half of the Qur'an and we're opening for the LAST time for new students. S...
I did a video. https://t.co/I5pXfl0GK4 https://t.co/4qwP3Xb2aI
A lot of people are asking me to share thoughts on the new Quran translation by Nuh Ha Mim Keller. Shall I do a video?
I just got hold of this brand-new edition/study of Ibn Taymiyya’s (d. 728 AH) «Muqaddima fī uṣūl al-tafsīr» which challenges key assumptions made by scholars – and my thesis! – abo...
@KarimKh55196148 Not exactly
❝ Surely the Mushaf has barakah even if its pages are glued shut. Therefore, nobody should be discouraged from holding it even if they never open it. In this essay, I will—
@aamullanee Something having a rich etymology doesn’t mean that it “doesn’t mean” what it’s commonly translated as. The word “chapter” is also interesting, though it doesn’t share...