The Demystification of Magic in the <i>Tafsīr al-Manār</i>: An Analysis of the Exegetical and Homiletic Devices Used in the Discussion ‘<i>Mab</i><i>ḥ</i><i>ath al-siḥr wa-Hārūt wa-Mārūt’</i>

The Demystification of Magic in the <i>Tafsīr al-Manār</i>: An Analysis of the Exegetical and Homiletic Devices Used in the Discussion ‘<i>Mab</i><i>ḥ</i><i>ath al-siḥr wa-Hārūt wa-Mārūt’</i>

The two angels Hārūt and Mārūt are mentioned together with the prophet Solomon in the ‘magic pericope’ of <i>Sūrat al-Baqara</i> (Q. 2:101–103). Rashīd Riḍā and his mentor Muḥammad ῾Abduh rejected the folkloric, mythical legends that surrounded the two angels Hārūt and Mārūt and the imag...

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Main Author: Stephen R. Burge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
Rashīd Riḍā
<i>Tafsīr al-Manār</i>
magic
demystification
modernism
exegesis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/734

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