Scholars & authors

A library of distinct scholarly voices

Contemporary researchers and the classical authors whose works anchor the Institute’s translation and publication programme.

Foundational and classical authors

Major voices in the publication programme

Foundational and classical authors

Eliyahu Benamozegh

Rabbi, philosopher, exegete, and author

A leading modern Jewish thinker whose work joined Torah, universal religion, comparative study, and humanity’s shared moral vocation.

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Foundational and classical authors

Ibn Taymiyyah

Ḥanbalī jurist, theologian, and author

Medieval Muslim jurist and theologian whose Al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ is a central work of Muslim–Christian controversy and intellectual history.

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Foundational and classical authors

Ibn Ḥazm

Jurist, theologian, historian, and polemicist

Andalusī Ẓāhirī scholar whose Al-Fiṣal is a major medieval work of theology, comparative religion, and the history of sects. The Institute also studies aspects of its polemical method critically, using them as a negative example for understanding supersessionism and the dynamics by which religious argument can become extreme.

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Classical tafsīr authors

The eight traditions in Tafsir Al-Qurʾan

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Ṭabarī

Historian, jurist, and Qurʾānic commentator

Author of Jāmiʿ al-bayān, a foundational transmitted commentary preserving early exegetical reports and linguistic argument.

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Baghawī

Shāfiʿī jurist, traditionist, and commentator

Author of Maʿālim al-tanzīl, a concise transmitted commentary influential in later Sunni exegesis.

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Qurṭubī

Mālikī jurist and Qurʾānic commentator

Author of al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān, renowned for legal analysis, language, reports, and theological discussion.

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Bayḍāwī

Jurist, theologian, and commentator

Author of Anwār al-tanzīl, a compact synthesis of linguistic, theological, and exegetical learning.

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Classical tafsīr authors

Ibn Kathīr

Historian, traditionist, and commentator

Author of Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿaẓīm, a major report-centered commentary interpreting scripture through scripture and hadith.

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Maḥallī

Shāfiʿī jurist and commentator

Co-author of Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, whose compact phrasing became a standard introduction to Qurʾānic commentary.

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Suyūṭī

Polymath, traditionist, and commentator

Co-author of Tafsīr al-Jalālayn and compiler of al-Durr al-manthūr, bringing concise and report-rich exegesis together.

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Classical tafsīr authors

al-Shawkānī

Jurist, traditionist, and commentator

Author of Fatḥ al-qadīr, integrating transmitted commentary with linguistic and independent legal analysis.

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Contemporary authors

Research, writing, and translation today

Contemporary authors

Tamer Metwally

Professor of Creed, Religions, and Islamic Studies

Scholar of Islamic creed, comparative religion, Christian textual history, and the methodical study of religious texts.

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Contemporary authors

Wisnu Tanggap Prabowo

Researcher, author, and educator

Researcher of Qurʾānic narratives, Dhu al-Qarnayn traditions, and the meeting of scripture and historiography.

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Contemporary authors

Ben Abrahamson

Historian, translator, and scholar of comparative jurisprudence

Researcher of Muslim–Jewish history, covenantal thought, comparative law, scripture, and the transmission of classical sources.

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Contemporary authors

Elnayyal Abu Groon

Muslim scholar and author

Author of The Oneness of the Message, a study centered on the unity and continuity of divine revelation.

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Contemporary authors

Saqib Iqbal Qureshi

Author

Author of Being Muslim Today, addressing faith and Muslim life in the contemporary world.

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Contemporary authors

Kais Dukes

Qurʾānic language researcher and editor

Creator of a word-for-word interlinear Qurʾān edition based on the linguistic analysis of the Qurʾān Arabic Corpus.

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Contemporary authors

Yeshayahu Hollander

Rabbi and author

Author of Talking & Growing with Noahides, a work of religious learning and community conversation.

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Contemporary authors

Sister Mariam

Children’s author and educational contributor

Creator of When I See the Banana Moon…, an illustrated introduction to recognizing the crescent moon.

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