A Critique of the Concept of Ḥākimiyya: Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd's Approach

This article seeks to demonstrate how the Egyptian scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (d. 2010) challenges the concept of divine sovereignty (ḥākimiyya), or the rule of God, developed during the twentieth century, primarily by Sayyid Qutb and Abul Ala Mawdudi—a concept that has inspired many Sunni Islamist...

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Authors: Akbar, Ali (Author) ; Saeed, Abdullah (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B divine sovereignty
B Abul Ala Mawdudi
B Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
B Sayyid Qutb
B Qurʾānic hermeneutics
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