Mustafa Muslim
- Died
- 1442 AH
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Mustafa Muslim (d. 1442 AH / 2021 CE) was a contemporary scholar of Quranic exegesis (tafsir) and Quranic sciences, known for his academic contributions to the methodology of thematic exegesis and the study of Quranic inimitability.
Academic Career and Contributions
Mustafa Muslim Muhammad served on the faculty of the College of Usul al-Din at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, where he authored Mabahith fi I'jaz al-Qur'an (Studies in the Inimitability of the Quran) as a textbook for students in the Department of the Quran and Its Sciences. He later taught as a professor of Quranic studies at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, where he served as the coordinator of its Quran and Sunnah Research Group. He also acted as an expert affiliated with the Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
Muslim focused extensively on developing and standardizing the methodology of thematic exegesis (al-tafsir al-mawdui), outlining its conceptual frameworks, historical development, and analytical branches in his treatise Mabahith fi al-Tafsir al-Mawdui (Studies in Thematic Exegesis). At the University of Sharjah, he supervised a collaborative academic project executed by a group of exegesis specialists that resulted in the multi-volume al-Tafsir al-Mawdui li-Suwar al-Quran al-Karim (Thematic Exegesis of the Surahs of the Holy Quran), published in 1431 AH (2010 CE).
He died in 1442 AH (2021 CE).
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List of Works
Mabahith fi Ijaz al-Quran (Studies in the Inimitability of the Quran) is a contemporary work on Quranic studies that examines the concepts, domains, and manifestations of the Quran's inimitability (i'jaz). Adapted from a doctoral dissertation to serve as an academic curriculum text, it synthesizes the facets of Quranic inimitability into rhetorical, scientific, legislative, and unseen dimensions.
Mabahith fi al-Tafsir al-Mawdui (Studies in Thematic Exegesis) is a single-volume methodological treatise on Quranic thematic interpretation. It lays out the theoretical principles, historical emergence, significance, and research methodology of thematic exegesis, outlining three distinct approaches—lexical tracking, multi-surah thematic studies, and single-surah analyses—alongside practical illustrative models.