Ibrahim Abd al-Hamid Salama

Ibrahim Abd al-Hamid Salama is an Islamic scholar and academic specializing in Quranic exegesis (tafsir), known for his scholarly study Tasdiq al-Quran lil-kutub al-samawiya wa-haymanatuhu alayha ("The Quran's Confirmation of Revealed Scriptures and Its Authority Over Them") Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl….

Academic Career and Research

Salama served as an associate professor of Quranic exegesis at the Faculty of Da'wah and Usul al-Din Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1.

His research focuses on the theological and exegetical analysis of Quranic descriptions of prior divine scriptures. In Tasdiq al-Quran lil-kutub al-samawiya wa-haymanatuhu alayha, published in the journal of the Islamic University of Madinah, he analyzed the Quranic concepts of confirmation (tasdiq) and overarching authority (haymanah) over previous revelations Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. The study addresses and refutes polemical arguments by Christian missionaries and orientalists who cited verses mentioning confirmation to argue for the preservation and ongoing obligation of earlier scriptures, clarifying that the Quran affirms the authentic divine origin of past revelations while asserting its own supreme authority over them and noting subsequent distortions and abrogation Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1.