Scientific Tafsir Zakaria Kamal Jun 2026

He argued that the Qur’an speaks to human beings embedded in a lifeworld ( Lebenswelt ). Its descriptions of nature are phenomenological, not physicalist. The “rising and setting of the sun” is not an astronomical error; it is the accurate description of human perception, which the Qur’an sanctifies. Scientific tafsir, therefore, must distinguish between:

Kamal's scientific tafsir approach is characterized by several key features: scientific tafsir zakaria kamal

Thus, his exegesis moved from (the Qur’an says X, science now agrees) to transcendental concordism (the Qur’anic worldview is the necessary condition for the possibility of science). This is a Kantian move, but grounded in revelation. He argued that the Qur’an speaks to human