The Qurʾān and Knowledge of God in West Africa: The Sufi Tafsīr of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse
Qurʾān exegesis (tafsīr) in African Muslim societies represented the pinnacle of scholarly achievement, and public explanation of the Qurʾān was the event that marked the emergence of one of Africa’s most successful Sufi revivals, the “Community of the Flood” of the Senegalese Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse...
| Subtitles: | Ajami Literacies of Africa, Part 2 |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2024
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| In: |
Islamic Africa
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
Niasse
B West Africa B maʿrifa B Qurʾān B Tijāniyya B Ibrāhīm B Exegesis B Sufism B Gnosis B Tafsīr |
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