A Comparative Study Between Risale-i Nur and Tafsīr al-Azhar’s Methodology in Quranic Exegesis and Its Relation to the Daʿwah Strategy in Turkey and the Malay-Indonesian World

This article discusses the contribution of two great scholars in the Muslimworld, Bediʿuzzaman Saʿid Nursī (d.1960) and Haji ʿAbdul Malīk bin ʿAbdul KarīmʿAmrullah (HAMKA) (d.1981). They contributed immensely to their communities inTurkey and Indonesia. Both scholars produced magnum opus on the meanings and interpretationsof the Qur‖ān. This article examines the contents of Saʿid Nursī‖s Risale-iNur and HAMKA‖s Tafsīr al-Azhar respectively. Besides, this article also focusing onQuranic exegesis methodologies adopted by both scholars. The article employs textualanalysis and comparative study on Risale-i Nur and Tafsīr al-AThis article discusses the contribution of two great scholars in the Muslimworld, Bediʿuzzaman Saʿid Nursī (d.1960) and Haji ʿAbdul Malīk bin ʿAbdul KarīmʿAmrullah (HAMKA) (d.1981). They contributed immensely to their communities inTurkey and Indonesia. Both scholars produced magnum opus on the meanings and interpretationsof the Qur‖ān. This article examines the contents of Saʿid Nursī‖s Risale-iNur and HAMKA‖s Tafsīr al-Azhar respectively. Besides, this article also focusing onQuranic exegesis methodologies adopted by both scholars. The article employs textualanalysis and comparative study on Risale-i Nur and Tafsīr al-Azhar, supported by otherrelated written materials on the topic. This paper concludes that Saʿid Nursī and Hamkaemploy Quranic exegesis as a medium to make Islām understandable and practical intheir locality. It is evident that certain methodologies of the Quranic exegesis theyadopted in both Risale-i Nur and Tafsīr al-Azhar served as the daʿwah tools in an effortsto bring Islam closer to the local community.zhar, supported by otherrelated written materials on the topic. This paper concludes that Saʿid Nursī and Hamkaemploy Quranic exegesis as a medium to make Islām understandable and practical intheir locality. It is evident that certain methodologies of the Quranic exegesis theyadopted in both Risale-i Nur and Tafsīr al-Azhar served as the daʿwah tools in an effortsto bring Islam closer to the local community.