Abd al-Jawad Khalaf

Abd al-Jawad Khalaf (also referred to as Abd al-Jawad Khalaf Abd al-Jawad) is a modern scholar of Quranic studies and Islamic literature known for his works on Quranic sciences and medieval Islamic scholarship Madkhal ila al-Tafsir wa …+1.

Scholarly Contributions

Khalaf's academic activities spanned research and publication across Egypt and Pakistan, with major writings completed between Cairo and Karachi Madkhal ila al-Tafsir wa …+1. In the field of Quranic sciences, he authored Madkhal ila al-Tafsir wa Ulum al-Quran ("Introduction to Exegesis and Quranic Sciences"), which frames divine revelation—both the manifest revelation of the Quran (al-wahy al-jaliyy) and the indirect revelation of the prophetic Sunnah (al-wahy al-khafiyy)—as the foundational root of Islamic civilization, alongside examining the historical evolution and primary genres of Quranic exegesis (tafsir) Madkhal ila al-Tafsir wa …+1.

In classical biography and manuscript studies, Khalaf authored al-Qadi Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'ah: Hayatuhu wa Atharuh ("Judge Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'ah: His Life and Works"), a detailed bio-bibliographical study investigating the life, transmitted heritage, and manuscript distribution of the Shafi'i jurist Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'ah in collections across Cairo and Berlin Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. He also published on specific subgenres of tafsir, including al-Yaqut wa al-Marjan fi Tafsir Mubhamat al-Quran ("Rubies and Pearls in Explaining the Unnamed References of the Quran"), published in Karachi in 1404 AH Tafsir Mubhamat al-Quran.