Muntasir Mir

Muntasir Mir is a Pakistani Islamic studies scholar and University Professor of Islamic Studies at Youngstown State University. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[1]

Selected works

• Coherence in the Qurʼān (1986)
• Dictionary of Qur'anic Terms and Concepts (1987) ^[3]
• Verbal idioms of the Qur'ān (1989)
• Understanding the Islamic Scripture (2008) ^[4]
• Iqbal – Poet and Thinker (2020)

See also

• Amin Ahsan Islahi
• Hamiduddin Farahi

References

1. "Dr. Mustansir Mir (Retired)". Philosophy at YSU. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
2. Center, Berkley; Affairs, World. "Mustansir Mir". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
3. Reviews of Dictionary of Qur'anic Terms and Concepts:
   • Taher, Mohamed, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Vol. 8, No. I, 1991
4. 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

Further reading

• Azam, Azam (2020). "The Irony Approach in the Qur'an: Mustansir Mir's Perspective". AJIS: Academic Journal of Islamic Studies. 5 (1): 21–42. doi: 10.29240/ajis.v5i1.1318 . ISSN   2548-3285.
• Matswah, Akrimi (2018). "Mustansir Mir and a Contemporary Literary Approach to the Qaṣaṣ al-Qur'ān: Study of Qur'anic Story of Joseph". Ulumuna. 21 (2): 391–411. doi: 10.20414/ujis.v21i2.274 . ISSN   2355-7648.