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Qur'anic literature is extant works there were innumerable works written for special groups so voluminous that no single man can compass a perusal of the whole. Besides points of view or for special purposes, which have perished. And more works are being added everyday. of people or from special The activity in this line has never been greater than it is now.
There is no Book in the world in whose service so much talent, so much labour, so much time and money have been expended as has been the case with the Qur'an. A mere glance at Suyลซtฤซ's (d. 911 A.H.) Itqฤn or Haji Khalifah's (d. 1059 A.H.) Kashf al-Zunรผn will show the encyclopaedic volume of the Qur'anic sciences in their day.
Since then the volume has continued to go on increasing, although it must be admitted that the quality of the later literature on the subject leaves much to be desired. With the retrogression of the Islamic nations in original work in science, art, and philosophy, and the concomitant limitation in their outlook and experience in various phases of intellectual and spiritual life, has come a certain limitation in the free spirit of research and enquiry. The new Renaissance of Islam which is just beginning will, it is hoped, sweep away cobwebs and let in the full light of reason and understanding.
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