Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has written widely on the Qur’an, Islamic thought, and contemporary Muslim issues. His publications include Contemporary Muslim Qur’anic Hermeneutics (editor, 2026), Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an and Its Interpretation in Iran (co-author, 2020), Reading the Qur’an in the Twenty-First Century: A Contextualist Approach (2014), Interpreting the Qur’an (2006), Approaches to the Qur’an in Contemporary Indonesia (ed., 2005), Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam (co-author, 2004), Islam and Political Legitimacy (co-editor, 2004), Islam in Australia (2003), and Islamic Banking and Interest (1996).

• Introduction 1. Transmission of religious knowledge and Islamic thought 2. The Qur’an: the primary foundation text 3. The Sunna of the Prophet 4. Legal thought 5. Theological thought 6. Mystical thought: Sufism 7. Artistic expression 8. Philosophical thought 9. Political thought 10. Renewal, reform and Muslim modernism Epilogue: Trends in Islamic thought today

Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has written widely on the Qur’an, Islamic thought, and contemporary Muslim issues. His publications include Contemporary Muslim Qur’anic Hermeneutics (editor, 2026), Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an and Its Interpretation in Iran (co-author, 2020), Reading the Qur’an in the Twenty-First Century: A Contextualist Approach (2014), Interpreting the Qur’an (2006), Approaches to the Qur’an in Contemporary Indonesia (ed., 2005), Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam (co-author, 2004), Islam and Political Legitimacy (co-editor, 2004), Islam in Australia (2003), and Islamic Banking and Interest (1996).

• Introduction 1. Transmission of religious knowledge and Islamic thought 2. The Qur’an: the primary foundation text 3. The Sunna of the Prophet 4. Legal thought 5. Theological thought 6. Mystical thought: Sufism 7. Artistic expression 8. Philosophical thought 9. Political thought 10. Renewal, reform and Muslim modernism Epilogue: Trends in Islamic thought today

Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has written widely on the Qur’an, Islamic thought, and contemporary Muslim issues. His publications include Contemporary Muslim Qur’anic Hermeneutics (editor, 2026), Contemporary Approaches to the Qur’an and Its Interpretation in Iran (co-author, 2020), Reading the Qur’an in the Twenty-First Century: A Contextualist Approach (2014), Interpreting the Qur’an (2006), Approaches to the Qur’an in Contemporary Indonesia (ed., 2005), Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam (co-author, 2004), Islam and Political Legitimacy (co-editor, 2004), Islam in Australia (2003), and Islamic Banking and Interest (1996).

• Introduction 1. Transmission of religious knowledge and Islamic thought 2. The Qur’an: the primary foundation text 3. The Sunna of the Prophet 4. Legal thought 5. Theological thought 6. Mystical thought: Sufism 7. Artistic expression 8. Philosophical thought 9. Political thought 10. Renewal, reform and Muslim modernism Epilogue: Trends in Islamic thought today