Qurʾanic Values and Modernity in Contemporary Islamic Ethics : <i>T</i><i>aha Abderrahmane and Fazlur Rahman in Conversation</i>

<p dir="ltr">Islam, like other religions, looks back to an early sacred time, in which its primary scripture, the Qurʾan, was given to the Prophet Muhammad who directly instructed the people in religious and ethical guidance. Believers are in no doubt about the importance of this founding moment for the development of the community. Yet, time does not stand still. As century upon century has passed, Muslims live far from the society initially transformed by revelation. A question that forces itself upon us is, in the words of Ebrahim Moosa: “How do the norms and values of revelation have an enduring relevance to religious communities without becoming anachronistic?” (Moosa 2000, 15). Thus, one of the compelling unresolved problems of our day is how to live at a remove from the time of revelation without a mere nostalgic re-enactment of the outward form of the religion, but also without abandoning it, or unthinkingly forcing it into the parameters of modernity.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm: Taha Abderrahmane’s Philosophy in Comparative Perspectives<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a><br>See chapter on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004438354_009" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004438354_009</a></p>