Hussein Abdul-Raof is a Professor of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, University of Taibah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests lie in Arabic and Qur’anic linguistics and rhetoric, Qur’anic studies and Qur’anic textual analysis.

"An innovation in qur’anic studies for what it accomplishes in comparing (in English) the various exegetical schools... This book is a helpful resource for those who wish to study classical and modern exegetical approaches to qur’anic studies." - Majid Daneshgar, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 2013'Abdul-Raof has some interesting analysis and insights, and this book serves to highlight a traditional Sunni understanding of permissible and non-permissible Qur’anic exegesis' - Herbert Berg; Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, vol. 6, no. 3 (2013).

• Introduction 1. School of Traditional Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ma’thur) 2. School of Personal Opinion Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ra’i) 3. School of Linguistic Exegesis 4. Comparative-Contrastive Exegesis 5. Contextual and Co-Textual Relevance in Qur’anic Exegesis

Hussein Abdul-Raof is a Professor of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, University of Taibah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests lie in Arabic and Qur’anic linguistics and rhetoric, Qur’anic studies and Qur’anic textual analysis.

"An innovation in qur’anic studies for what it accomplishes in comparing (in English) the various exegetical schools... This book is a helpful resource for those who wish to study classical and modern exegetical approaches to qur’anic studies." - Majid Daneshgar, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 2013'Abdul-Raof has some interesting analysis and insights, and this book serves to highlight a traditional Sunni understanding of permissible and non-permissible Qur’anic exegesis' - Herbert Berg; Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, vol. 6, no. 3 (2013).

• Introduction 1. School of Traditional Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ma’thur) 2. School of Personal Opinion Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ra’i) 3. School of Linguistic Exegesis 4. Comparative-Contrastive Exegesis 5. Contextual and Co-Textual Relevance in Qur’anic Exegesis

Hussein Abdul-Raof is a Professor of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, University of Taibah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests lie in Arabic and Qur’anic linguistics and rhetoric, Qur’anic studies and Qur’anic textual analysis.

"An innovation in qur’anic studies for what it accomplishes in comparing (in English) the various exegetical schools... This book is a helpful resource for those who wish to study classical and modern exegetical approaches to qur’anic studies." - Majid Daneshgar, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 2013'Abdul-Raof has some interesting analysis and insights, and this book serves to highlight a traditional Sunni understanding of permissible and non-permissible Qur’anic exegesis' - Herbert Berg; Journal of Shi’a Islamic Studies, vol. 6, no. 3 (2013).

• Introduction 1. School of Traditional Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ma’thur) 2. School of Personal Opinion Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ra’i) 3. School of Linguistic Exegesis 4. Comparative-Contrastive Exegesis 5. Contextual and Co-Textual Relevance in Qur’anic Exegesis