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Fazlur Rahman Malik

Pakistani modernist Islamic scholar and reformer

Fazlur Rahman Malik
فضل الرحمان ملک

Born(1919-09-21)21 September 1919

Hazara District, North West Frontier Province, British India

Died26 July 1988(1988-07-26) (aged 68)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

NationalityPakistani
Alma materPunjab University (MA)
Oxford University(PhD)
EraContemporary Islamic philosophy, 20th-century philosophy
Main interestsIslamic Modernism, ijtihad
Notable worksAvicenna's Psychology, Islamic Methodology in History, Islam and Modernity: Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition
InfluencedAbdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im,[1]Nurcholish Madjid,[2]Abdullah Saeed,[2]Amina Wadud,[2]Mohamed Talbi,[2]Ebrahim Moosa[2]

Fazlur Rahman Malik ( Urdu: فضل الرحمان ملک; FAHZ-luhr-RAH-mahn-MAL-ik; September 21, 1919 – July 26, 1988), commonly known as Fazlur Rahman, was a modernist scholar and Islamic philosopher from present-day Pakistan. Recognized as a leading

Rahman, Fazlur

Summary

Fazlur Rahman was a preeminent 20th-century Muslim scholar who combined modernism with tradition. He saw his role as that of shaping the study of Islam in the modern Western academy with the empathy of a believer and a critical scholarly acumen. Grounded in philosophy, theology, history, and moral thought, he advocated for a reinterpretation of the early sources of Islamic learning—emphasizing, for example, the more organic Sunnah instead of the atomistic prophetic reports in the form of ḥadīth. Critical of some aspects of the transmitted discursive tradition, he nevertheless viewed tradition as indispensable to the renewal of Islamic thought. He placed the Qurʾān and his specific hermeneutic of the historicized thematics of the revelation at the center of his renewal and reform project. While he took history seriously, in the end a scripture-centered hermeneutic became his preferred discursive framework.

Subjects

  • Global Perspectives on Religion
  • Islamic Studies
  • Literary and Textual Studies
  • Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Fazlur Rahman Khan

Bangladeshi architect (1929–1982)

For the Bangladeshi geologist, see Fazlur Rahman Khan (geologist). For the politician, see Fazlur Rahman Khan (politician).

Fazlur Rahman Khan

Born3 April 1929

Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now Bangladesh)

Died27 March 1982(1982-03-27) (aged 52)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Resting placeGraceland Cemetery,
Chicago
NationalityBritish Indian (1929-1947) Pakistani 1947-1971) Bangladeshi (after 1971)
American
EducationAhsanullah College of Engineering, East Pakistan, (Now Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology) (BSc)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, PhD)
OccupationEngineer
SpouseLiselotte Khan
ChildrenYasmin Sabina Khan
RelativesAbdul Jabbar Khan (sister's father-in-law)
A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan (brother-in-law)[2]
Engineering career
DisciplineArchitectural, civil, structural
Significant designJohn Hancock Center, Willis Tower, Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz University, One Magnificent Mile, Onterie Center
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