Shehzad Saleem

Qur'an Exegesis
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Shehzad Saleem
Aug 2002 Al-Baqarah (204-14)
Jan 2003 Baqarah 224-9
Feb 2003 Baqarah (230-2)
Apr 2003 Baqarah (233-5)
May 2003 Baqarah (236-42)
Jun 2003 Surah Fatihah
July 2003 Baqarah (1-7)
Aug 2003 Baqarah (8-16)
Sept 2003 Baqarah (17-25)
Oct 2003 Baqarah (26-29)
Dec 2003 Baqarah (30-39)
   
   
May 2004 Surah Baqarah (40-60)
July 2004 Surah Baqarah (61-82)
Aug 2004 Surah Baqarah (83-100)
Sept 2004 Surah Baqarah (101-121)
Oct 2004 Surah Baqarah (122-141)
Dec 2004 Surah Baqarah (142-162)
   

Qur'anic Exegesis

May 2004

Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (40-60)

July 2004 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (61-82)
Aug 2004 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (83-100)
Sept 2004 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (101-121)
Oct 2004 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (122-141)
Dec 2004 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (142-162)
   
   
Mar 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s: Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (163-177)
Apr 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s: Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (178-195)
June 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (196-203)
July 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (204-221)
Aug 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s: Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (222-232)
Sep 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s: Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (233-242)
Nov 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (242-251)
Dec 2005 Researcher’s Companion to Ghamidi’s Al-Bayan: Surah Baqarah (252-260)
   
Mar 2006 Researcher's Companion to Ghamidi's Surah Baqarah (261-274)
Apr 2006 Researcher's Companion to Ghamidi's Surah Baqarah (275-286)

Qur'an 
 
Mar 96 The Importance of Sha’air Allah
May-Jun 97 Towards Understanding the Qur’an (English Translation of Tafhimu’l-Qur’an)
Jul-Aug 97 Huruf-i-Muqatta‘at: Farahi’s Theory
Jul-Aug 98 Rationality of the Qur'an
Feb-2000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Collection and Transmission of the Qur’an

    Main Text

    Appendices
Nov -2000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Understanding the Qur’an: A Fundamental Premise    Main Text

    A. The Judgement: A Basic Feature of the Age of Rusul
         1.  Important Characteristics of the Institution of Risalah
             a.  The Basic Criterion for Selection
             b.  Protection of the Divine Message
             c.  Divine Assistance

         2. The Objective of Rusul and its Justification
         3. Realization of the Objective
             a. The Retribution
             b. The Migration

    B. Details of the Feature in Muhammad’s Period

         1. Muhammad’s Mission
             a. The Admonition
             b. The Acquittal
             c. The Judgement
                (1) For the Muslims
                (2) For the Idolaters
                (3) For the People of the Book
                (4) For the Hypocrites

         2. Extension of Muhammad’s Mission

    C. Directives Specific to the Age of the last Rasul

         1. Apostasy
         2. Waging War against Non-Muslims
         3. Daru’l-Harb / Daru’l-Islam Classification
         4. Dhimmi Status of Non-Muslim Minorities
         5. Enmity with Non-Muslims
         6. Greeting non-Muslims in an Inferior Way
         7. Certain Doom for the Non-Muslims in the Hereafter
         8. Prohibition of Inheritance from non-Muslim Parents
         9. The Superiority of Muslim Blood
         10. Prohibition of Non-Muslims from entering the Baytullah
         11. Assassination of Non-Muslims
         12. The Political Supremacy of Islam
         13. Status of Muslims as the Best Community

    D. Concluding Remarks
         1. Summarizing the Fundamental Premise
         2. Attitude Required from Muslims
         3. Attitude Required from non-Muslims

    Appendices

         1. The Preaching Mission of Noah (sws)
         2. The Fate of some Nations who denied their Rusul
         3. The Prophecies of the Arrival of Muhammad (sws)

Islamic Law

Mar 2004 The Social Directives of Islam: Distinctive Aspects of Ghamidi’s Interpretation

Jihad

June 2002 The Misunderstood Doctrine of Jihad
       "  Conditions of Revolt
       "  No Jihad without the State

Political Issues
 
Jun 91 Legislation in an Islamic State
Nov 91 The Baseless Doctrine of the Vicegerency of Man
Feb 93 The Islamic Form of Government

 Economic Issues
 
Feb 97 A Remedy for the Economic Ills in our Society 
Feb 2003 The Economic Directives of Islam

 Social Issues
 
Nov 93 Marriage with Jews and Christians
Dec 93 Testimony of Women
Feb 94 Polygamy in Islam
Nov 94 Islam and The Fine Arts
Jan 95 The Quranic Concept of Divorce
Mar 95 The Condemnation of Slavery by Islam
Apr 95 Marriages of the Prophet (sws)
May 95 The Institution of Family
Jul 95 Response to Responses
Jul-Aug 96 Parental Consent in Marriage
Nov 96 The Qur'anic Concept of Hijab
   
   
Feb 05

Islam and Women: Misconceptions and Misperceptions

1. The Testimony of Women

2. Women are less Sensible than Men

3. The Diyat of Women

4. Women must travel with a Mahram

5. Women can’t become Heads of State

6. Men are Superior to Women

7. Female Circumcision

8. Mahr: the Price of owning a Wife

9. Women Outnumbering Men in Hell

10. Sex with Female War Captives

11. Prohibition of Plucking Facial Hair

12. Going out without the Husband’s Permission

13. ‘Iddat Restrictions

14. Marriage with Minor Girls

15. Refusing Sex to the Husband

16. The Right to Beat Wives

17. The Daughter’s Share in Inheritance

18. Polygamy

19. Marriage with the People of the Book

20. The Issue of Wali (Guardian) in Marriage

21. Three Divorce Declarations

22. The Issue of Halalah

23. Sexual Intimacy

24. Misinterpretation of some verses of Surah Ahzab

i. Women must cover their faces and wear large cloaks (jilbabs) when they go out of their houses.

ii. Women should primarily be confined to their homes.

iii. Women must not speak in a polite tone with strangers.

iv. Women should be kept secluded except from their immediate relatives.

25. Questions regarding Marriages of the Prophet (sws)

i. Why was the Prophet (sws) allowed to more than four wives?

ii. Why did the Prophet (sws) marry the wife of his adopted son?

iii. Why did not the Prophet (sws) marry his slave girl: Maria the Coptic?

Faith
 
Aug-Sept 95 The Hereafter: Why at all?
Oct 95 Evidence of Muhammad's Prophethood (sws)
Nov 95 Belief in Allah

Great Muslims
 
Dec 91 Farahi: An Intellectual Giant
Jan 95 `This was a Man'
Jan-Feb 98 A Brief Biographical Sketch of Islahi
Jan-Feb 98 Footprints on the Sands of Time (Written on the demise of Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi) 

Reflections
 
Mar 91 The Tragedy of the West
Dec 92 The Standard of Living of a Muslim
Jul 95 Secularism and the Quaid 
Mar-Apr 97 The Issue of Blasphemy
May-Jun 98 Intellectual Stagnation and its Remedy
Jan 2002 When Death shall Die
Feb 2002 Quest for the Truth
May 2002 A Greater Pollution
July 2002 The Sword of Poise
   
   
Jan 2003 …Till you Find your Dream
Feb 2003 To See or not to See
May 2003 Men of Action not Hermits
Jun 2003 Constant Vigil
July 2003 The Real Contest
Aug 2003 Reason and Revelation
Sept 2003 Footprints on the Sands of Time …
Oct 2003 Status of Non-Muslim Citizens
Nov 2003 Propagation of the Truth
Dec 2003 Guidelines for Islamic Foreign Policy
   
   
Jan 2004 All is Well...!
Feb 2004 Trial of the Affluent
June 2004 Family Life in Islam
   
Jan 2005 Islam and Women
   
Feb 2006 And the list is Unending!

Worship 
Aug 2002 Dhikr

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