Mabrouk Chibani Mansouri
Sultan Qaboos University

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The Miracle of Sciences: Between Authenticity and Constraint | الإعجاز العلمي بين التأصيل والتكلف Sulaiman Al Shueily; Mabrouk Chibani Mansouri; Mohammed Al Garbi
Al-Zahra : Journal for Islamic and Arabic Studies Vol 17, No 2 (2020): Al-Zahra: Journal for Islamic and Arabic Studies
Publisher : Fakultas Dirasat Islamiyah, Univitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/zr.v17i2.16071

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Scientific Miracles is a type of Qur’anic Miracles that perhaps might be considered the most common one in this day and age. Scholars have different opinions regarding Scientific Miracles, while it is braced by the majority of scholars as a way to spread Islam, others oppose it fearing that it could lead to a misunderstanding to the meanings of the Qur’anic verses. This paper analyzes the views of the two parties and discusses some examples of Scientific Miracles in the Qur’an, (splitting of the moon, blotting the sign of the night, Saying the name of Allah while slaughtering). The study relies upon fudamantal resouses in the field such as the books authored by Dr. Zaghloul al Najjar along with trusted websites. The paper then concludes with several key points which includes that the splitting of the moon is not an actual physical split, but rather some sort of moon eclipse. As for blotting the sign of night, it was settled that Allah has created the night dark as it is without the bright light in contrast to the day. Lastly, saying the name of Allah while slaughtering is only a way of worshiping the almighty creator. Thus, we have to be careful not to include Scientific Miracles as Qur’anic Miracles if it cannot be proven scientifically.
God’s Attributes in Early Qur’anic Exegesis between Text and Context: A Case Study of Muqātil b. Sulaymān al-Balkhī’s Tafsīr Mabrouk Chibani Mansouri; Shareefa Bint Salim Aal-Said‎; Abdulla Ibn Salim Al-hinaei‎
Jurnal Studi Ilmu-ilmu Al-Qur'an dan Hadis Vol. 27 No. 1 (2026): Januari
Publisher : UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/qh.v27i1.6421

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This article examines debates over the khabarī (scriptural) divine attributes in early Qur’anic exegesis through a case study of Muqātil b. Sulaymān al-Balkhī (d. 150/767). Framed by the analytical dyad of text and context, it asks how anthropomorphic and corporealist readings emerged in the first/early second century AH and what cultural matrices shaped them. Methodologically, the study combines a historical‑inductive reading of Muqātil’s tafsīr in its primary textual witnesses, a deconstructive analysis of his interpretive system, and a critical analytical comparison of selected motifs—corporeality, istiwāʾ as “sitting,” the throne and its bearers, the kursī, and the Adam creation narrative. The findings suggest that literalist anthropomorphic exegesis crystallized in the multilingual eastern Islamic lands, especially Khurāsān/Central Asia, where local religious traditions and “Eastern” theological imaginaries plausibly informed the reception of Qur’anic descriptions of God; this influence is advanced as a text and context based hypothesis rather than a claim of demonstrable direct borrowing. The article also maps early scholarly critiques that problematized Muqātil’s approach in tafsīr and ḥadīth. By foregrounding intertextuality and acculturation, the study offers a methodological pathway for linking early exegetical discourse to its socio‑cultural environments and reassessing the genealogy of anthropomorphism in formative tafsīr.
New Lights on Prophecy-Pretending and Mimetic Religions in Medieval Islamic North Africa Mabrouk Chibani Mansouri
Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies Vol 63, No 1 (2025)
Publisher : Al-Jami'ah Research Centre

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/ajis.2025.631.1-33

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This paper addresses the proliferation of prophetic movements and mimetic religions in medieval Islamic North Africa, focusing on the Barghwāṭa and Ghumāra tribes. It critiques medieval Arabic and Orientalist terminologies used to explain this complex issue, arguing that they fail to capture the dynamics of these movements. The paper introduces the concept of mimetic religion to interpret localized prophetic movements that emerged on the periphery of the established religion, namely Islam, retaining its structure while presenting parallel, rather than counteractive, religio-cultural projects. Drawing on primary sources, it highlights how misrule and exploitative practices by early conquerors fueled North African resistance, leading to revolutionary and prophetic movements. It challenges both medieval historiographical reductions of these movements to sectarianism and modern interpretations shaped by French colonial Orientalism, which often reduced them to ethnic or religious conflicts between Arab-Muslim conquerors and indigenous North Africans. By analyzing primary sources and questioning Orientalist biases, the paper emphasizes the interplay of political, economic, social, and cultural factors in shaping North African religious settings. Ultimately, it defines new boundaries for re-contextualizing and re-interpreting mimetic religion as expressive of a complex texture framing religious, cultural, and social nomenclature rooted in local North African indigenous heritage. [Makalah ini membahas proliferasi gerakan-gerakan kenabian dan agama-agama mimetik di wilayah Afrika Utara abad pertengahan, dengan fokus pada suku Barghwāṭa dan Ghumāra. Studi ini mengkritisi terminologi Arab klasik dan orientalis terkait persoalan yang kompleks ini, dengan kesimpulan bahwa terminologi tersebut gagal menangkap dinamika gerakan yang terjadi. Konsep agama mimetik diperkenalkan untuk memahami gerakan-gerakan kenabian lokal yang berkembang di samping agama yang mapan, yaitu Islam, dengan mempertahankan struktur dasar, namun membawa konsep religio-kultural yang sejajar tanpa mengambil posisi kontradiktif. Berdasarkan sumber-sumber primer, tulisan ini menunjukkan bahwa ketidakadilan pemerintahan dan praktik eksploitasi oleh para penakluk awal turut memicu perlawanan di Afrika Utara yang kemudian melahirkan gerakan-gerakan revolusioner dan kenabian. Penulis menolak reduksi historiografi abad pertengahan yang memandang gerakan-gerakan tersebutsebagai bentuk sektarianisme semata, sekaligus menolak interpretasi modern a la orientalisme kolonial Prancis, yang menyederhanakan gerakan-gerakan tersebut menjadi konflik etnis atau agama antara penakluk Arab-Muslim dan masyarakat pribumi Afrika Utara. Tulisan ini menekankan pentingnya interaksi antara faktor politik, ekonomi, sosial, dan budaya dalam membentuk lanskap keagamaan di Afrika Utara. Agama mimetik adalah ekspresi dari tekstur kompleks yang membingkai nomenklatur religius, kultural, dan sosial yang berakar pada warisan budaya lokal masyarakat pribumi Afrika Utara.]