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Authored Books

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2025) Structure, Coherence and Rhetoric in the Qur’an. London: I.B. Tauris. (Forthcoming)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2010) The Qur'an: English translation with parallel Arabic text. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad and Badawi, Elsaid M. (2005) Arabic-English Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage. Leiden: Brill. (Handbuch der Orientalistik., 1, Nahe und Mittlere Osten ; 85.)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2004) The Qur'an: a New Translation. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. (Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers Series)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1999) Understanding the Qur'an: themes and style. London: I.B. Tauris.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1995) Chance or creation? God's design in the Universe, attributed to Jahiz, translated and introduced. Reading, Berkshire: Garnet.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad and Kay, Ernest (1984) English-Arabic business dictionary. London: Graham and Trotman.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1978) The Creed of Islam. London: World of Islam Festival Trust.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad and Smith, Gerald Rex (1978) The Superiority of Dogs over Many of Those Who Wear Clothes (Edition, translation and introduction). Warminster: Aris and Phillips.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

al-Faqī, Mustafa, Sabry, Hussam (translators), Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, eds. (2024) كتلب مرجع أُكسفرد في دراسات القرآنية = Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Beirut: Markaz al-Nuhud.

Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, eds. (2020) The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford Handbooks)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad and Robinson, Danielle, eds. (2006) The Moral World of the Qur'an. London: I.B. Tauris.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, Sherif, Adel Omar and Daniels, Kate, eds. (2003) Criminal Justice in Islam: Judicial Procedure in the Shari'a. London: I.B. Tauris.

Book Chapters

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2025) 'The Qur’an and Arabic Grammar.' In: Tamer, Georges, (ed.), The Handbook of Qur’anic Hermeneutics. Vol.1. Berlin: De Gruyter. (Forthcoming)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2023) 'Rasm (Qur’ānic Orthography): The Written Representation of the Recited Text of the Qur’ān.' In: Karim, F. Redhwan, (ed.), History of the Qur’ān: Critical Concepts. Markfield: Kube Publications. (Forthcoming)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2020) 'Structural Coherence in the Qur’an: How to See the Connections.' In: Klar, Marianna, (ed.), Structural Dividers in the Qur'an. UK: Routledge.

Shah, Mustafa (2020) 'The Corpus of Qur'anic Readings (qirā'āt): History, Synthesis and Authentication.' In: Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 194-216. (Oxford Handbooks)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2020) 'Presenting the Qur’an out of Context.' In: Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2020) 'Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar.' In: Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 327-345.

Shah, Mustafa (2020) 'Vocabulary of the Qur’an: Meaning in Context.' In: Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 294-314. (Oxford Handbooks)

Sperl, Stefan (2020) 'The Qurʾan and Arabic Poetry.' In: Shah, Mustafa and Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford handbooks)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'The Arabic Qur'an in the Muslim World.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 237-248.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'English Translations of the Qur'an: The Making of an Image.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 249-282.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'Evidential Style: Divine Oaths in the Qur'an.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 177-212.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'Legal Style: Qur'anic Sharia - Avoiding the Application of the Ultimate Penalties.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 89-110.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'Qur'anic Paradise.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 69-87.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'The 'Sword Verse' Myth.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 7-29.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'Translations of the Qur'an and Interfaith Relations.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, (ed.), Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 283-298.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2016) 'Quranic Paradise: How to Get to Paradise and What to Expect There.' In: Günther, Sebastian and Lawson, Todd, (eds.), Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam. Netherlands: Brill, pp. 47-66. (Islamic History and Civilization)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2015) 'Qur’anic Arabic: its characteristics and its impact on Arabic language and literature, and the languages and literatures of other Islamic peoples.' In: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, Dagli, Caner K., Dakake, Maria Massi, Lumbard, Joseph E.B. and Rustom, Mohammed, (eds.), The Harper Collins Study Qur’an. London: Harper Collins, pp. 1626-1643.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2009) 'The Politics of Peace in Islam.' In: Hogan, Linda and Lehrke, Dylan Lee, (eds.), Religions and the Politics of Peace and Conflict. Eugene Oregon: Pickwick Publications. (Princeton Theological Monograph Series)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2009) 'Qur’an.' In: Versteegh, C., (ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Vol. IV (Q-Z). Leiden: Brill, pp. 21-32.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2008) 'Qur'an and Hadith.' In: Winter, Tim, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 19-32.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2008) 'The Sword Verse Myth [El mito del 'versiculo de la espada].' In: Peña Marín, Salvador and de Larramendi, Miguel Hernando, (eds.), El Coran ayer y hoy [The Quran Yesterday and Today]. Cordoba: Berenice, pp. 307-340.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006) 'Arabic and Islam.' In: Brown, Keith, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 34-37.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006) 'Islam, Religion of the Environment.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Lau, Martin, (eds.), Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law. Netherlands: Brill, pp. 403-410.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2004) 'Islam, Religion of the Environment: the Need for Re-Education and Retraining.' In: Marie, Mamdouth and Sherif, Adel Omar, (eds.), The environment and judiciaries of the Arab world: proceedings of the Arab Chief Justices' Conference and Symposium on the Training of Judges and Other Legal Stakeholders in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Cairo, Egypt, May 29-31, 2004. Cairo: Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, pp. 68-83.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2003) 'Compensation for Homicide in Islamic Shari'a’, in Criminal Justice in Islam: Judicial Procedure in the Shari'a.' In: Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad, Sherif, Adel Omar and Daniels, Kate, (eds.), The Crescent and the Cross: Muslim and Christian Approaches to War and Peace. London: IB Tauris, pp. 97-108.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1999) 'Human Rights in Islam and the United Nations Instruments.' In: Cotran, Eugene and Sherif, Adel Omar, (eds.), Democracy the rule of law and Islam. London: Kluwer Law International, pp. 435-453.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1998) 'War and Peace in Islam.' In: Abdel Haleem, Harfiyah, (ed.), The Crescent and the Cross: Muslim and Christian Approaches to War and Peace. Macmillan.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1995) 'Early kalam.' In: Leaman, Oliver and Nasr, Hossein Nasr, (eds.), The Routledge History of Islamic Philosophy. London: Routledge, pp. 71-88. (Routledge history of world philosophies, 1)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1995) 'Life and Beyond in the Qur'an.' In: Lewis, Christopher and Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, (eds.), Beyond Death: theological and philosophical reflections on life after death. London: Macmillan Publishing, pp. 66-79.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1993) 'Context and Internal Relationships: Keys to Qur'anic Exegesis.' In: Shereef, Abdul-Kader A. and Hawting, Gerald, (eds.), Approaches to the Qur'an. London: Routledge, pp. 71-98.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1993) 'Medical Ethics in Islam.' In: Grubb, A., (ed.), Choices and Decisions in Health Care. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 1-20.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1986) 'The Qur'an.' In: Hawting, Gerald, (ed.), Sacred Writings in Oriental and African Religions. London: SOAS, pp. 17-22. (Occasional papers (University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. External Services Division), 12)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1975) 'Al-Sayyab; a study of his poetry.' In: Ostle, Robin, (ed.), Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. London: Aris and Phillips, pp. 69-85.

Journal Article

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2025) 'A Linguistic Study of Q.46 al-Ahqāf – The Sand Dunes.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies. (Forthcoming)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2024) 'Sūrat al-Nūr (Q. 24), ‘Light upon Light’: Shedding New Light on the Light Verse.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 26 (1). pp. 125-139.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2023) 'The Translational Challenges Presented by Qur’anic Oaths: A Study of Q. 79 and Q. 100.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 25 (3). pp. 139-147.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2023) 'Covid-19 and the Qur’an: Science and Scripture.' Journal of Shari'ah Sciences and The Arabic Language (English section), 8 (1). pp. 569-582.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2023) 'A Foretaste of the final shock: no enigma in the oaths; Problems of translation; A study of Qur’an 79 and 100.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies. (Forthcoming)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2022) 'A Perennial Challenge to Belief in Resurrection: Sūrat Qāf (Q. 50).' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 24 (3). pp. 89-97.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2021) 'Understanding the Qur'an Through Sura Structure: Reading Q. 86 and Q. 88.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 23 (3). pp. 160-170.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2021) 'Reading Q. 4:34 in Context.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 23 (2). pp. 159-168.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2021) 'Respecting People with Disabilities: Sūrat ʿAbasa (Q. 80).' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 23 (1). pp. 103-108.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2020) 'Sūrat Maryam (Q. 19): Comforting Muḥammad.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 22 (2). pp. 60-85.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2020) 'البالغة في دراسات العربية في الغرب وأثرها في دراسة القرآن - تجربة من بريطانيا.' Journal of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. (Forthcoming)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2018) 'The Role of Context in Interpreting and Translating the Qur’an.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 20 (1). pp. 44-66.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2017) 'Sūrat al-Fajr (Q. 89): A Study of Structure, Meaning, and the Value of Analysis.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 19 (2). pp. 148-157.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2006) 'The Qur'anic Employment of the Story of Noah.' Journal of Qur’anic Studies, 8 (1). pp. 38-57.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2002) 'The Prophet Muhammad as a Teacher: implications for Hadith literature.' Islamic Quarterly, 46 (2). pp. 121-137.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1997) 'Adam and Eve in the Bible and the Qur’an.' Islamic Quarterly, 41 (4). pp. 255-269.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1994) 'Qu'ranic Orthography: the written presentation of the recited text of the Qur'an.' Islamic Quarterly, 38 (3). pp. 171-192.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1992) 'Grammatical Shift for Rhetorical Purposes: Iltifāt and Related Features in the Qur'ān.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 55 (3). pp. 407-432.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1991) 'Early Islamic Theological and Juristic Terminology: 'Kitāb al-Ḥudūdfi 'l-uṣūl', by Ibn Fūrak.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 54 (1). pp. 5-41.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1990) 'The story of Joseph in the Qur'an and the old testament.' Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 1 (2). pp. 171-191.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1990) 'The Face in the Qur'an: Divine and Human.' Islamic Quarterly, 34 (2). pp. 164-179.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1989) 'The Hereafter and the Here-and-Now in the Qur'an.' Islamic Quarterly, 33 (2). pp. 118-131.

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (1989) 'Water in the Qur'an.' Islamic Quarterly, 33 (1). pp. 34-50.

Conference or Workshop Items

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2024) Problems of Translation. In: 90th Conference of the Arabic Language Academy, 28 April 2024, Cairo. (Unpublished)

Audios

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2024) Translating the Qur’an for Today. The Thinking Muslim. [Audio]

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2024) Greening the Hajj. BBC World Service: The Documentary Podcast. [Audio]