The Efforts of the Contemporary Women in Interpreting the Holy Quran

Abstract

This study deals with the efforts of the contemporary women in interpreting the Holy Quran, with the aim of revealing the historical phases of the science of Quran exegesis, showing the efforts of women in each of these phases, identifying the figures of contemporary women who have had an effort in interpreting the Quran. The study adopted the inductive method to extrapolate the books of translations and identify the women who had an effort in interpretation, the historical method by tracing the movement of interpretation over the ages and indicating the role of women in it, and the descriptive method in the Scientific Division of research, including the meaning of interpretation and the efforts of women in the interpretation of the Holy Quran, introducing the women interpreters of the Qur'an in the present era, and the most prominent features of the women's approach to interpretation Insights into the Light of the Quran as a model. Several results have been reached. First, the contribution of women alongside men in the interpretation of the Quran has emerged since the first Islamic century. The most prominent feature of the present century is the notable contribution of women in this science in synthesis and classification, whether at the level of interpreting the Quran as a whole, at the level of interpreting some of its chapters, or at the level of the thematic interpretation.