How do muslims traditionally study the quran

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Assignment: Islamic Article Response

I. Response to Sells Article:

Guiding questions:

1. According to Michael Sells, why it is hard for Westerners to read Qur'an?

2. What was the general assumption of medieval Europeans about the Qur'an?

3. How do Muslims traditionally study the Qur'an?

4. What are some differences between the early Meccan and Medinan Chapters?

5. What are some differences between Quranic and Biblical traditions?

6. Why Qur'anic voice shifts when referring to one God sometimes as "We", "your Lord", or as "I" What is the reason for that?

7. Why Sells translate the opening verse as "In the name of God the Compassionate, the Caring" rather than "In the name of God the Compassionate the merciful?

II. Response to Mattson Article:

Guiding Questions:

1. What are the early reasons that Muslims need to interpret Qur'an?

2. What are some of the interpretive tools that early Muslims use in understanding the Qur'an?

i. What is intertexuality/Isra'illiyat?
ii. What is "occasion of revelations?
iii. How language of Qur'an is important in understanding Qur'an?

3. How was Sunna, Prophetic Tradition used as an interpreter of Qur'an?

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