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TafsirIntermediate

Quran in its Historical Context

Understand the Quran through the lens of 7th-century Arabia — its social, political, and religious environment.

8 weeks16 lessonsDr Ayaz Afsar

What you'll walk away with

  • Explain the historical and social context of key revelations
  • Apply knowledge of asbab al-nuzul to Quranic passages
  • Situate the Quran within the religious landscape of late antiquity

Curriculum

01Pre-Islamic Arabia: religion and society
02The life of the Prophet and the revelation
03Meccan and Medinan surahs: themes and context
04Asbab al-nuzul: occasions of revelation
05The Quran and contemporaneous religious traditions
06Historical interpretation seminar

Your instructor

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Dr Ayaz Afsar

Qualified instructor, LearnYourWay faculty

Enrollment

$59full course

Small live cohorts · certificate of completion included