Ustad Javed Ahmad Ghamidi5 min read
Mīzān and The Quran-Centric Method: An Intellectual Lineage
How Mīzān and Ustad Javed Ahmad Ghamidi’s method influenced The Quran-Centric Method—and where the two books respectfully differ.
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Articles & Reflections
Essays and reflections on the Qur’an-centric method by Ahmad Popalyar: reading the Qur’an as the final criterion above hadith, consensus, and sect.
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Method6 min read
The Qur'an Is the Matter, Everything Else Is Commentary
An overview of The Qur'an-Centric Method: restoring the Qur'an as al-Furqan, distinguishing the living Sunnah from later reports, and letting the Book judge every inherited doctrine.
Method2 min read
The Sunnah Is Not the Same Thing as the Hadith Library
One of the most consequential confusions in Muslim discourse is treating the living Sunnah and the written body of reports as identical. Untangling them changes everything.
Qur'an6 min read
What the Qur'an Says About Itself
Before asking a scholar what the Qur'an is, ask the Qur'an itself. A close look at its own claims, its self-test for contradiction, and its unanswered challenge.
Method3 min read
Why the Qur'an Calls Itself al-Furqan, the Criterion
The Qur'an names itself the Criterion, the standard by which every other claim is measured. Here is what that means for how we read hadith, consensus, and tradition.