Contemporary Quranic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in Qur'anic Studies. It seeks to contribute to the development of contemporary Qur'anic scholarship and to promote rigorous research in Qur'anic Sciences, Exegesis, and related fields. The journal provides an academic platform for publishing original, analytical, and critical research that approaches the Holy Qur'an from scholarly and methodological perspectives, with emphasis on originality, methodological precision, analytical depth, and scholarly contribution.
The journal particularly welcomes studies that engage systematically with contemporary intellectual, scientific, and cultural issues and seek to build intellectual bridges between the Qur'anic heritage and modern approaches in the humanities, social sciences, and intellectual studies.
The journal's principal vision is to become a distinguished scholarly platform for advancing contemporary Qur'anic Studies, strengthening its presence in national and international academic communities, and encouraging researchers to present innovative and scientifically grounded readings of the Qur'anic text, its themes, and its methodologies.
To advance contemporary Qur'anic Studies through the publication of original and leading scholarly research.
To support methodological, critical, and analytical studies in Qur'anic Sciences and Exegesis.
To encourage interdisciplinary research connecting Qur'anic Studies with the humanities, social sciences, intellectual disciplines, and related fields of knowledge.
To provide an academic platform for researchers to present original findings, analytical studies, critical research, and comparative studies.
To examine contemporary questions and challenges related to the Holy Qur'an in a scientific and objective manner.
To promote scholarly dialogue between the Qur'anic heritage and modern approaches and methodologies in Qur'anic Studies.
To encourage research on contemporary approaches to reading, interpreting, and analyzing the Qur'an.
To contribute to the production of Qur'anic knowledge responsive to contemporary scholarly and intellectual needs.
To strengthen academic communication among researchers specializing in Qur'anic Studies at universities and research centers.
To enhance the international academic presence of Qur'anic Studies through research of significant scholarly and intellectual value.
Through the implementation of its scholarly and editorial objectives, Contemporary Quranic Studies seeks to become one of the distinguished academic platforms in the field of contemporary Qur'anic Studies, contributing to the development of Qur'anic research, the production of rigorous scholarly knowledge, and constructive dialogue between the Holy Qur'an and contemporary scientific and intellectual approaches.
Contemporary Quranic Studies welcomes original research, analytical, critical, and comparative studies in various areas of Qur'anic Sciences, Exegesis, and contemporary Qur'anic Studies, particularly interdisciplinary topics that open new avenues for interaction between the Holy Qur'an and the humanities and sciences.
The journal's areas of interest include:
Qur'anic Sciences.
History of the Qur'an.
Compilation and codification of the Qur'an.
Qur'anic textual and linguistic studies.
Qur'anic readings.
Qur'anic orthography, vocalization, and manuscripts.
Qur'anic manuscripts.
Historical and critical studies of the Qur'anic text.
Methodologies of Qur'anic textual study.
Tradition-based exegesis.
Rational and ijtihad-based exegesis.
Thematic exegesis.
Comparative exegesis.
Methodologies of Qur'anic exegetes.
Contemporary trends in Qur'anic exegesis.
Hermeneutical and interpretive studies related to the Qur'an.
Modern approaches and methodologies for understanding the Qur'an.
Critical studies of contemporary theories of exegesis.
Modern schools and trends in Qur'anic Studies.
Contemporary readings of the Qur'an.
Critical studies of modern Qur'anic discourses.
Modernity and postmodernity in Qur'anic Studies.
Western approaches to the study of the Qur'an.
Orientalism and Western Qur'anic Studies.
Methodological critique of modern Qur'anic Studies.
Comparative studies of Islamic and Western approaches to the Qur'an.
The Qur'an and sociology.
The Qur'an and psychology.
The Qur'an and educational sciences.
The Qur'an and economics.
The Qur'an, law, and human rights.
The Qur'an and political science.
The Qur'an and management.
The Qur'an and history.
The Qur'an and philosophy.
The Qur'an and media and communication.
The Qur'an, arts, and aesthetics.
The Qur'an, civilization, and culture.
The Qur'an and family and social studies.
The Qur'an and astronomy and cosmology.
The Qur'an and earth sciences.
The Qur'an and biological sciences.
The Qur'an, health, and medicine.
The Qur'an and environmental studies.
The Qur'an and experimental sciences.
Critical studies on the relationship between the Qur'an and the natural sciences.
Methodologies for addressing scientific issues in Qur'anic exegesis.
Linguistic and rhetorical inimitability.
Legislative inimitability.
Intellectual and epistemological inimitability.
Inimitability in the humanities.
Inimitability in the natural sciences.
Critical studies of scientific-miracle theories.
Scholarly methodologies for studying Qur'anic inimitability.
The Qur'an and reason.
The Qur'an and knowledge.
The Qur'an and philosophy.
The Qur'an and epistemology.
The relationship between revelation and science.
The relationship between religion and reason.
The relationship between religious and empirical knowledge.
Questions of conflict or compatibility between the Qur'an and science.
Critical studies of contemporary theories concerning religion and science.
The Qur'an and globalization.
The Qur'an and identity.
The Qur'an and human rights.
The Qur'an and justice.
The Qur'an, peace, and coexistence.
The Qur'an and human values.
The Qur'an, women, and family issues.
The Qur'an and religious pluralism.
The Qur'an and interfaith dialogue.
The Qur'an and contemporary ethical issues.
The Qur'an and modern intellectual and cultural challenges.
The journal welcomes studies that contribute to the development of interdisciplinary knowledge, particularly research aimed a