Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Nuh Ha Mim Keller | |
|---|---|
| Title | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Sharia, Hadith, Tafsir, Sufism |
| Tariqa | Shadhili |
Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954) is an American Islamic scholar, teacher and author who lives in Amman. He is a translator of a number of Islamic books.[2]
Life and scholarship
Keller studied
He then began a prolonged study of the Islamic sciences with prominent scholars in Syria and Jordan and was authorized as a
He joined the Shadhili Sufi order, becoming a disciple of the Sufi poet Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri of Damascus (from whom he received his authorization) from 1982 until his death in 2004.[5]
His English translation of Umdat al-Salik,
Keller released a translation of the Quran titled The Quran Beheld in 2022 which strives to provide readers with a unique sense of the high eloquence and beauty of the Quran while also maintaining the linguistic and rhetorical accuracy.[9][non-primary source needed] In the translator's own words, "Seven key areas of meaning" were "neglected by previous translations. Such gaps result in crucial elements of the Quran’s themes, logic, arguments, message, and meanings being lost. The Quran Beheld thus uncovers matters of Arabic meaning in the Quran for the first time in English."[10][non-primary source needed]
Keller has also written numerous articles and was a regular contributor to Islamica Magazine and the website masud.co.uk.[11]
Currently, Keller lives in Amman, Jordan,[12] where he established a zawiya (seminary) in the early 2000s. At its height, the community attending the institution is believed to have amounted to around 60 families. However, following Keller's ordering the closure of a community school in light of an internal abuse investigation, the size of the community shrank to around 20 families, according to former members.[13]
He is married to Besa Krasniqi, a scholar who is the daughter of Mazhar Krasniqi.[14]
Works
Author
- Evolution Theory and Islam: Letter to Suleman Ali, 1999.
- The Concept of Bidʻain the Islamic Shariʻa, 1999.
- The Shadhili Tariqa: Notes from the Hashimi-Darqawi Order of the Tariqa of Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili, 1999.
- Port in a Storm: A Fiqh Solution to the Qibla of North America, 2001.
- Becoming Muslim, 2001.
- Sufism and Islam, 2002.
- Sea Without Shore: A Manual of the Sufi Path, 2011.
Translator
- Yaḥyā Ibn-Šaraf an-Nawawī, Al-Nawawi's Manual of Islam (Maqāṣid), 1996 (latest edition in 2009).
- Aḥmad Ibn-an-Naqīb al-Miṣrī, Reliance of the Traveller : A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law (ʻUmdat al-salik), 1994 (latest edition in 2015).
- The Quran Beheld: An English Translation from the Arabic, 2022.
References
- ^ Akbar, Ameen (October 25, 2015). "Becoming Muslim, Nuh Ha Mim Keller". Archived from the original on October 28, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-334-04032-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78453-231-4.
- ISSN 0806-198X.
- ^ "Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller | The Sila Initiative". thesilainitiative.org.
- Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Nuh Ha Mim Keller (1368). "Reliance of the Traveller"(PDF). Amana Publications. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Nuh Ha Mim Keller (1368). "A Classic Manual of Islamic Scared Law"(PDF). Shafiifiqh.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-903386-64-4.
- ^ "The Quran Beheld". www.quranbeheld.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ "Discover the Quran in English". www.quranbeheld.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Derek (November 1, 2001). "A Different Perspective: Muslim Websites in Britain – Britain's Muslim Community Is Well Served by Websites Offering News, Opinion, and Religious Interpretation of the West's Response to the Terrorist Attacks on the US, as Derek Brown Explains". The Guardian. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-19-537520-6.
- ^ "Jordanian Sufi community led by US scholar faces child abuse complaints". Middle East Eye. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ Drury, Abdullah (2020). "Mazharbeg: An Albanian in Exile" (PDF). Waikato Islamic Studies Review. 6 (1): 14.
