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Volumes with English Translations

Volume I · Qurʾān Series Epistemology & Methodology

Fundamentals of Qurʾānology

The foundational volume of the series. Presents the epistemological framework through which the Qurʾān communicates empirical truths across centuries — exploring the muḥkamāt and mutashābihāt structure of divine revelation.

Manuscript Complete · Under Academic Review
Volume XIII · Human Sciences Neuroscience & Consciousness

A Treatise on the Soul

Drawing on decades of neuroscience research, Dr. Rastegar examines the Qurʾānic concept of the soul through the lens of modern brain science — exploring consciousness, free will, and human identity and accountability.

English Translation Complete · 2022
Volume IX · Earth Sciences Atmospheric Science

The Seven Heavens

Argues that the seven heavens (sabʿ al-samāwāt) refer to the seven layers of Earth's atmosphere — a reading modern atmospheric science makes newly legible.

English First Draft Complete · 2025
The Complete Series

All Twenty Volumes

Qurʾān Studies
01
Fundamentals of Qurʾānology
Establishes the Qurʾān's muḥkamāt/mutashābihāt framework and taʾwīl as the methodology underlying every volume in the series.
Manuscript Complete · Under Review
02
Signs and Miracles
Develops the Qurʾān's own evidential logic — what constitutes a sign (āyah) and how the text deploys miracle as proof of its claims.
Translation Forthcoming
Science & Religion
03
The Relationship Between Science and Religion
A structured account of the relationship between Qurʾānic revelation and scientific inquiry — neither subordination nor independence.
Translation Forthcoming
04
The Relationship Between “Is” and “Should”
Addresses the is/ought distinction — how the Qurʾān bridges descriptive claims about the world with prescriptive guidance (hudā).
Translation Forthcoming
Worldview
05
Qurʾānic Ontology
Maps the Qurʾān's account of the structure of existence — the worldview underlying every applied volume in the series.
Translation Forthcoming
Physics & Cosmology
06
Qurʾān and Physics
A Qurʾānic examination of matter and physical force, read against the framework of modern physics.
Translation Forthcoming
07
Qurʾān and Cosmology
A Qurʾānic examination of the origin and architecture of the cosmos, read against modern cosmology.
Translation Forthcoming
Earth Sciences
08
The Formation and Evolution of the Solar System
A Qurʾānic account of the formation and evolution of our planetary system, examined alongside current scientific understanding.
Translation Forthcoming
09
The Seven Heavens
Argues that the seven heavens (sabʿ al-samāwāt) refer to the seven layers of Earth's atmosphere — a reading modern atmospheric science makes newly legible.
English First Draft Complete · 2025
Life Sciences
10
The Origin of Life
A Qurʾānic account of the emergence of life, examined alongside modern biology.
Translation Forthcoming
11
Life and Its Evolution
A Qurʾānic account of the evolution of living organisms, including the symbol of the Sidratul Muntahā.
Translation Forthcoming
Human Sciences
12
The Structure and Function of the Brain
A Qurʾānic account of cognition and consciousness, read through modern neuroscience.
Translation Forthcoming
13
A Treatise on the Soul
A scientific inquiry into the existence of the soul and its implications for human agency and accountability.
English Translation Complete · 2022
14
Psychology: A Qurʾānic View
Extends the methodology to human motivation and psychological development as the Qurʾān addresses them.
Translation Forthcoming
Social Sciences
15
Islam and Society
A Qurʾānic framework for social organization, decoded through the methodology rather than classical jurisprudence.
English Translation Complete · 2025
16
Islam and Democracy
A Qurʾānic examination of political authority and governance — prophetic uprisings, modernity, and the Qurʾān's model of freedom.
Translation Forthcoming
17
Psychology of Religiosity
An account of what drives human religiosity and how the Qurʾān frames faith, reason, and empirical engagement with the world.
Translation Forthcoming
Theology
18
Theism and Worship of God
What the Qurʾān claims about God, decoded from classical theological accretion back to the text's own structural logic.
Translation Forthcoming
Eschatology
19
The Resurrection Day and the Hereafter
The methodology applied to the Qurʾān's eschatological mutashābihāt — death, judgment, and the structure of the afterlife.
Translation Forthcoming
20
Faith in the Hereafter
Completes the series' eschatological arc: how belief in the hereafter shapes conduct and accountability in this life.
Translation Forthcoming
The Scholarly Commitment

"This is a work of scholarship, grounded in evidence, open to scrutiny, and addressed to anyone willing to follow the argument wherever it leads."

— Quranic Sciences Institute
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