Peter Riddell, Ph.D. (1985), Australian National University, is Vice Principal Academic at Melbourne School of Theology and Professorial Research Associate in History at SOAS. He has published widely on Islam in Southeast Asia, including Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World (Hurst, 2001).

• DEDICATIONCONTENTSFOREWORDACKNOWLEDGEMENTSLIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND MAPSABBREVIATIONSPART ONECHAPTER 1: ONE CENTURY, TWO COMMENTARIESSETTING THE ISLAMIC STAGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIAEarly ArrivalsEmpires and Rivalry 1511-1607The Dutch, the British and New AlliancesTHE EARLIEST QURʾĀNIC COMMENTARIES IN MALAYTafsīr Sūra al-KahfTarjumān al-MustafīdGOING ABOUT OUR TASKCHAPTER 2: THE WUJŪDIYYA ENVIRONMENT OF TAFSĪR SŪRA AL-KAHFEARLY MALAY ISLAMIC LITERATUREACEHNESE RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH TAFSĪR SŪRA AL-KAHFḤamza Fanṣūrī: conceptualising waḥdat al-wujūdShams al-Dīn al-Samaṭrāʾī: furthering waḥdat al-wujūdThe Wujūdiyya View of God according to Ḥamza and Shams al-DīnIngredients for a polemicThe use of Qurʾanic verses by Ḥamza and Shams al-DīnCONCLUSIONCHAPTER 3: THE REFORMIST ENVIRONMENT OF TARJUMĀN AL-MUSTAFĪDNŪR AL-DĪN AL-RĀNĪRĪ: CHALLENGING ḤAMZA AND SHAMS AL-DĪNThe Sharīʿa-minded contributionOther Factors: Doctrine versus PowerʿABD AL-RAʾŪF OF SINGKEL: SEEKING RECONCILIATIONReturning to AcehWritings on Qurʾān, Ḥadīth, LawWritings on SufismCONCLUSIONPART TWOCHAPTER 4: THE SIGNIFICANCE AND PRAGMATIC ROLES OF SŪRA AL-KAHFITS GENESIS: THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUSFROM CHRISTIANITY INTO ISLAMITS ESCHATOLOGICAL ROLEITS INTERCESSORY ROLE: THE ISSUE OF TAWAṢṢULOTHER CONSIDERATIONSCONCLUSIONCHAPTER 5: NARRATIVE EXPLICATION BY THE 17TH C. ACEHNESE COMMENTATORSUNNAMED SOURCESTafsīr al-Baghawī (the core of MS Ii.6.45)Tafsīr al-Jalālayn (the core of Tarjumān al-Mustafīd)NAMED SOURCESTafsīr al-KhāzinTafsīr al-BayḍāwīṢaḥīḥ al-BukhāriManāfiʿ al-Qur'ānAdditional sources named in Camb. MS Or. Ii.6.45Additional sources named in Tarjumān al-MustafīdISSUES ARISING FROM THE CHOICE OF SOURCESThe Issue of the IsrāʾīliyyātCamb. MS Ii.6.45 and the IsrāʾīliyyātOther Potential Problems?The Circumspection of ʿAbd al-RaʾūfCHAPTER 6: STUDY OF THE QIRĀ’ĀT IN 17TH CENTURY ACEHIDENTIFICATION OF THE CANONICAL QIRĀʾĀTDATA ON THE QIRĀʾĀT IN CAMBRIDGE MS OR. II.6.45DATA ON THE QIRĀʾĀT IN ʿABD AL-RA’ŪF’S TARJUMĀN AL-MUSTAFĪDThe various Fāʾida and the Named ReadersVERIFYING THE DATA ON THE QIRĀʾĀT IN THE 17TH COMMENTARIESBROADER OBSERVATIONSCONCLUSIONCHAPTER 7: COMPARING THE TEXTSFOCUSING ON SOURCE TEXT OR TARGET AUDIENCE: Q18:1-3HINTS OF SUFI INFLUENCE: Q18:7EXTRAVAGANCE OR ECONOMY OF STYLE: Q18:9Narrative Style and Theological PerspectivesCONSIDERING PEOPLE’S CONCERNS ABOUT THE LAST JUDGEMENT: 18:47-49THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN MOSES AND KHIḌR: Q18:75-82CONSIDERING DHŪ L-QARNAYN’S JOURNEY TO THE EAST AND THE WEST: Q18:83-92CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSIONSAUTHORS AND COPYISTSPART THREEAPPENDIX A: ROMANISED MALAY TEXT OF CAMB. MS OR. II.6.45A NOTE ON THE METHOD OF ROMANIZATION AND TRANSLITERATIONSŪRA AL-KAHFAPPENDIX A: ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF CAMB. MS OR. II.6.45INTRODUCTION: A WARNING FOR THE CHRISTIANSTHE ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE CAVEORDERS AND PROHIBITIONSTHE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARDSTHE PARABLE OF THE LIFE OF THIS WORLDWARNINGS OF JUDGEMENT AND PROMISES OF REWARDTHE ACCOUNT OF MOSES' QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGETHE ACCOUNT OF DHŪ L-QARNAYNAPPENDIX B: ROMANISED MALAY TEXT OF ʿABD AL-RAʾŪFʾS COMMENTARY ON SURA AL-KAHFSŪRA AL-KAHF MAKIYYAAPPENDIX B: ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ʿABD AL-RAʾŪF’S COMMENTARY ON SŪRA AL-KAHFSŪRA AL-KAHF (MECCAN)A WARNING FOR THE CHRISTIANSTHE ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE CAVEORDERS AND PROHIBITIONSTHE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARDSTHE PARABLE OF THE LIFE OF THIS WORLDWARNINGS OF JUDGEMENT AND PROMISES OF REWARDTHE ACCOUNT OF MOSES’ QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGETHE ACCOUNT OF DHŪ L-QARNAYNBIBLIOGRAPHYMANUSCRIPTS CONSULTED

'Für das Gebiet der Koranforschung wie auch die Geschichte des islamischen Denkens ist das Werk von Riddell eine große Bereicherung.'Rüdiger Lohlker in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 108 (2018), 449.‘In sum, we are undoubtedly dealing with a gigantic contribution to the state of the art on Islamic thought in Southeast Asia. Though some portions of this volume were already communicated in Riddell’s previous works, the whole volume represents a landmark on its own. By elaborating an in-depth narrative of early Malay Qur’ānic exegesis, plus providing the originals and English translations, Malay Court Religion, Culture and Language assumes a pivotal role in stimulating further research.’Isaac Donoso in Jurnal Al-Tamaddun 13.2 (2018), 179-180.https://doi.org/10.22452/JAT.vol13no2.16