Online Book Talk: Tawātur in Islamic Thought Webinar
February 20, 2025
from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Join us via Zoom to learn about Tawātur in Islamic Thought, a book by Dr. Suheil Laher.
From the publisher: The book traces the development of tawātur theories and explores their role in defining Islamic orthodoxy.
Tawātur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a sufficient number of independent channels. Tawātur in Islamic Thought is an attempt to unravel the twisted historical threads of the conception and usage of tawātur across diverse Islamic disciplines, in light of both Western academia and debates within Muslim scholarship.
The book also:
- Investigates a key epistemological category and its application to the transmission of religious texts and practices
- Traces the genesis, development and application of the term and concept of tawātur in the realms of theology, legal theory, ḥadīth and the transmission of the Qurʾān.
- Shows the complex and sometimes unexpected ways in which the major Islamic disciplines interacted with each other in the course of their development
- Explores in what ways the concept of tawātur was and was not successful in delineating a canon of orthodoxy
- Is based on diverse primary sources from the main Islamic disciplines over the entirety of the formative period of Islam
Dr. Laher, HIU Faculty Associate in Qur'anic Studies, will talk about his research and take questions from participants. We hope you'll join us!
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