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Why does the Qurʾan contain legal verses, and how have scholars interpreted them across the centuries? Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan offers a comprehensive study of how Islamic law emerged from scriptural interpretation, by exploring the nature of law in the Qurʾan itself and in Islamic thought, including in the foundational yet often overlooked genre of aḥkām al-Qurʾān. Through detailed analysis of classical and contemporary texts, the volume reveals how jurists across Sunni, Shia, and Ibadi traditions have debated the meaning, scope, and application of legal verses. Drawing on rare primary sources and philosophical perspectives this book is an essential resource, illuminating the rich interplay between divine revelation, legal reasoning, and ethical inquiry in Islam.
Price: $183.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Al-Mahdi Institute
Publication Date:
16 July 2026
ISBN: 9789004755550
Format: Hardcover
Karen Bauer is Associate Professor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Her research focuses on the Qur’an and its interpretation. Her books include Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Cambridge: 2015), An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries: On Women (co-authored with Feras Hamza, Oxford, 2021); Women, Households and the Hereafter in the Qur’an (Oxford, 2023, co-authored with Feras Hamza), and she has also written numerous articles.
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Ph.D. (1999), is Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies at AMI and Mofid University. He has taught at various academic institutions, including Shahid Beheshti University and the University of Birmingham. Professor Fatemi has published several monographs and numerous scholarly articles.
Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He researches the history of Shīʿī law, with a particular interest in legal hermeneutics. He is author of Inevitable Doubt: Two Shīʿī Theories of Jurisprudence (Brill, 2000), Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the Akhbārī Shīʿī School (Brill, 2007), Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning in Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012).
Devin J. Stewart, Ph.D. (1991), is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published many studies on the history of Shiism, the Qur’an, and other topics.
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Ph.D. (1999), is Professor of Comparative Human Rights and Islamic Studies at AMI and Mofid University. He has taught at various academic institutions, including Shahid Beheshti University and the University of Birmingham. Professor Fatemi has published several monographs and numerous scholarly articles.
Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. He researches the history of Shīʿī law, with a particular interest in legal hermeneutics. He is author of Inevitable Doubt: Two Shīʿī Theories of Jurisprudence (Brill, 2000), Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the Akhbārī Shīʿī School (Brill, 2007), Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning in Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012).
Devin J. Stewart, Ph.D. (1991), is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory University. He has published many studies on the history of Shiism, the Qur’an, and other topics.