Filip Ćorlukić’s Hermeneutics and Exegesis in his Translation of the Qurʾān

This essay outlines the main approaches that should be consideredwhen engaging with the works of Filip Ćorlukić in whichhe examines the Qurʾān. It addresses his engagement with theIslamic holy text through its translation and adaptation into theCroatian language, through comparative analyses of the Qurʾānand the Bible, through broader comparisons between Islam andChristianity, and through Ćorlukić’s own distinctive and personalstudy of the Qurʾān. Particular attention is devoted to hisscientific analyses, in which he seeks to reconcile “true” sciencewith “true” religion, the texts of the Bible and the Qurʾān, theteachings of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the principlesof scientism and theism.