Muntasir Mir

{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic studies scholar}}

Muntasir Mir is a Pakistani Islamic studies scholar and University Professor of Islamic Studies at Youngstown State University.{{cite web | title=Dr. Mustansir Mir (Retired) | website=Philosophy at YSU | date=2024-06-17 | url=https://philrel.ysu.edu/facultylinks/mustansir-mir/ | access-date=2025-03-19}}{{cite web | last=Center | first=Berkley | last2=Affairs | first2=World | title=Mustansir Mir | website=

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Biography

Mir obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan and has taught at various institutions, including colleges in Lahore, the University of Michigan, the International Islamic University in Malaysia, and later, Youngstown State University.

Selected works

  • Coherence in the Qurʼān (1986)
  • Dictionary of Qur'anic Terms and Concepts (1987)Reviews of Dictionary of Qur'anic Terms and Concepts:
  • Taher, Mohamed, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Vol. 8, No. I, 1991
  • Verbal idioms of the Qur'ān (1989)
  • Understanding the Islamic Scripture (2008)Reviews of Understanding the Islamic Scripture:
  • Iqbal, Muzaffar. "Mustansir Mir: Understanding the Islamic Scripture: A Study of Selected Passages from the Qu'ran." Islam & Science, vol. 6, no. 1, summer 2008. Gale Academic
  • Iqbal – Poet and Thinker (2020)

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal | last=Azam | first=Azam | title=The Irony Approach in the Qur'an: Mustansir Mir's Perspective | journal=AJIS: Academic Journal of Islamic Studies | volume=5 | issue=1 | date=2020 | issn=2548-3285 | doi=10.29240/ajis.v5i1.1318 | doi-access=free | pages=21–42 | url=http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/AJIS/article/download/1318/pdf}}
  • {{cite journal | last=Matswah | first=Akrimi | title=Mustansir Mir and a Contemporary Literary Approach to the Qaṣaṣ al-Qur’ān: Study of Qur’anic Story of Joseph | journal=Ulumuna | volume=21 | issue=2 | date=2018 | issn=2355-7648 | doi=10.20414/ujis.v21i2.274 | doi-access=free | pages=391–411 | url=https://ulumuna.or.id/index.php/ujis/article/download/274/263}}

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