{"id":134109,"date":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/134109"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","slug":"doha-lecture-highlights-the-objectives-of-the-quran-and-the-renewal-of-islamic-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/134109","title":{"rendered":"Doha: Lecture Highlights the Objectives of the Quran and the Renewal of Islamic Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">Doha: Lecture<br \/>\nHighlights the Objectives of the Quran and the Renewal of Islamic Thought<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The Muslim World League held a<br \/>\nscholarly lecture on the evening of Saturday, January 31, at its headquarters<br \/>\nin Doha, titled \u201cThe Objectives of the Holy Quran and the Renewal of Islamic<br \/>\nThought.\u201d The lecture was delivered by Prof. Dr. Jasser Auda, a member of the<br \/>\nLeague\u2019s Board of Trustees, in the presence of His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Ali<br \/>\nMohieddine Al-Qaradaghi, President of the League.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The event was part of a series<br \/>\nof academic initiatives aimed at renewing contemporary Islamic discourse and<br \/>\nthought.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Comprehensive<br \/>\nIntellectual Enrichment<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Dr. Jasser Auda emphasized the<br \/>\nimportance of intellectual engagement with the Quran in the current era,<br \/>\nstressing the need to explore its objectives and apply them in daily life.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">He outlined the seven<br \/>\nmethodological objectives: achieving the purposes, correcting concepts,<br \/>\ncategorizing groups, considering natural laws, emulating values, establishing<br \/>\nsound reasoning, and implementing divine commands. He highlighted that these<br \/>\nobjectives form a foundation for restructuring academic disciplines and linking<br \/>\neducation to practical life.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The lecturer also stressed that<br \/>\nIslamic intellectual renewal should remain independent of any economic,<br \/>\npolitical, or architectural system, while focusing on Quranic objectives in<br \/>\nareas such as spending and zakat, good governance, consultation (shura), urban<br \/>\ndevelopment and aesthetics, as well as worship and faith-based culture. This<br \/>\napproach, he noted, contributes to restoring the nation\u2019s dignity and<br \/>\nleadership.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Active<br \/>\nAudience Engagement<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The lecture witnessed active<br \/>\nparticipation from attendees, who posed a series of questions and inquiries.<br \/>\nDr. Auda responded with precision and clarity, adding a distinctive interactive<br \/>\nand intellectual dimension to the session.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Emphasis<br \/>\non the Jurisprudence of Balance<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">At the conclusion of the<br \/>\nlecture, Sheikh Ali Al-Qaradaghi praised the presentation, affirming that Dr.<br \/>\nAuda\u2019s discussion on the objectives of the Quran fully aligns with the<br \/>\nJurisprudence of Balance, and underscored the importance of such events in<br \/>\npromoting enlightened Islamic thought and fostering comprehensive scholarly<br \/>\nawareness.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source: Muslim World League)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629\u060c <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:\n115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=40936\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/b><b><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doha: Lecture Highlights the Objectives of the Quran and the Renewal of Islamic Thought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[894],"class_list":["post-134109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-news-en","tag-meetings-and-dialogues"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}