‎Contents

‎Foreword (Johns)

‎Acknowledgements

‎List of Tables

‎Abbreviations

‎Part 1. Setting the Scene

‎Chapter 1. One Century, Two Commentaries

‎Setting the Islamic Stage in Southeast Asia

‎Early Arrivals

‎Empires and Rivalry 1511–1607

‎The Dutch, the British and New Alliances

‎The Earliest Qurʾānic Commentaries in Malay

‎Tafsīr Sūra al-Kahf

‎Tarjumān al-Mustafīd

‎Going about Our Task

‎Chapter 2. The Wujūdiyya Environment of Tafsīr Sūra al-Kahf

‎Early Malay Islamic Literature

‎Acehnese Religious Affairs Contemporaneous with Tafsīr Sūra al-Kahf

‎Ḥamza Fanṣūrī: Conceptualising waḥdat al-wujūd

‎Shams al-Dīn al-Samaṭrāʾī: Furthering waḥdat al-wujūd

‎The Wujūdiyya View of God According to Ḥamza and Shams al-Dīn

‎Ingredients for a Polemic

‎The Use of Qurʾanic Verses by Ḥamza and Shams al-Dīn

‎Conclusion

‎Chapter 3. The Reformist Environment of Tarjumān al-Mustafīd

‎Nūr al-Dīn al-Rānīrī: Challenging Ḥamza and Shams al-Dīn

‎The Sharīʿa-Minded Contribution

‎Other Factors: Doctrine versus Power

‎ʿAbd al-Raʾūf of Singkel: Seeking Reconciliation

‎Returning to Aceh

‎Writings on Qurʾān, Ḥadīth, Law

‎Writings on Sufism

‎Conclusion

‎Part 2. Examining the Commentaries

‎Chapter 4. The Significance and Pragmatic Roles of Sūra al-Kahf

‎Its Genesis: The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

‎From Christianity into Islam

‎Its Eschatological Role

‎Its Intercessory Role: The Issue of tawaṣṣul

‎Other Considerations

‎Conclusion

‎Chapter 5. Narrative Explication by the 17th C. Acehnese Commentators

‎Unnamed Sources

‎Tafsīr al-Baghawī (the Core of MS Ii.6.45)

‎Tafsīr al-Jalālayn (the Core of Tarjumān al-Mustafīd)

‎Named Sources

‎Tafsīr al-Khāzin

‎Tafsīr al-Bayḍāwī

‎Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhāri

‎Manāfiʿ al-Qurʾān

‎Additional Sources Named in Camb. MS Or. Ii.6.45

‎Additional Sources Named in Tarjumān al-Mustafīd

‎Issues Arising from the Choice of Sources

‎The Issue of the Isrāʾīliyyāt

‎Camb. MS Ii.6.45 and the Isrāʾīliyyāt

‎Other Potential Problems?

‎The Circumspection of ʿAbd al-Raʾūf

‎Chapter 6. Study of the Qirāʾāt in 17th Century Aceh

‎Identification of the Canonical Qirāʾāt

‎Data on the Qirāʾāt in Cambridge MS Or. Ii.6.45

‎Data on the Qirāʾāt in ʿAbd al-Raʾūf’s Tarjumān al-Mustafīd

‎The Various Fāʾida and the Named Readers

‎Verifying the Data on the Qirāʾāt in the 17th Commentaries

‎On Q18:16

‎On Q18:34

‎On 18:96

‎Broader Observations

‎Conclusion

‎Chapter 7. Comparing the Texts

‎Focusing on Source Text or Target Audience: Q18:1–3

‎Hints of Sufi Influence: Q18:7

‎Extravagance or Economy of Style: Q18:9

‎Narrative Style and Theological Perspectives

‎Considering People’s Concerns about the Last Judgement: 18:47–49

‎The Encounter between Moses and Khiḍr: Q18:75–82

‎Considering Dhū l-Qarnayn’s Journey to the East and the West: Q18:83–92

‎Chapter 8. Conclusions

‎Authors and Copyists

‎Part 3. Texts and Translations

‎Appendix A. Camb. MS Or. Ii.6.45

‎A Note on the Method of Romanisation and Transliteration

‎Sūra al-Kahf

‎Introduction: A Warning for the Christians

‎The Account of the Companions of the Cave

‎Orders and Prohibitions

‎The Parable of the Vineyards

‎The Parable of the Life of this World

‎Warnings of Judgement and Promises of Reward

‎The Account of Moses’ Quest for Knowledge

‎The Account of Dhū l-Qarnayn

‎Appendix B. ʿAbd al-Raʾūfʾs Commentary on Sura al-Kahf

‎Sūra al-Kahf Makiyya

‎A Warning for the Christians

‎The Account of the Companions of the Cave

‎Orders and Prohibitions

‎The Parable of the Vineyards

‎The Parable of the Life of this World

‎Warnings of Judgement and Promises of Reward

‎The Account of Moses’ Quest for Knowledge

‎The Account of Dhū l-Qarnayn

‎Bibliography

‎Manuscripts Consulted

‎General References

‎Index