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Fazlur Rahman

Fazlur Rahman shaped modern academic and reformist debates about revelation, law, and history.

BORN 1919 CE · Hazara region, British IndiaDIED 1988 CE · Chicago, United StatesERA Modern
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Developed a modern hermeneutic for reading Quranic ethics across changing historical contexts.

THE RECORD
  • He taught in Pakistan and later at the University of Chicago.
  • His method moved from historical context to general moral principle and then to present application.
  • His work remains important and controversial in modern Islamic thought.
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