BOOK REVIEW Exegeses Of A Qur’anic Verse In the Light of the Critical Realism of the Monotheistic Law of Unity of Knowledge (Tawhid)

Abstract

This book review critically examines Exegeses of a Qur'anic Verse in the Light of the Critical Realism of the Monotheistic Law of Unity of Knowledge (Tawhid), which reinterprets Qur'an 36:36 through the framework of Tawhidi epistemology and critical realism. The review evaluates the author's critique of conventional exoteric (ẓāhir) exegesis and the proposed integration of exoteric and esoteric (bāṭin) interpretation using ta'wīl. While classical commentaries primarily understand the verse as referring to complementary pairs in creation, the book argues that it embodies a universal epistemological principle of complementarity, interaction, and evolutionary learning governing the unity of knowledge. This review finds that the book makes an original contribution by linking Qur'anic hermeneutics with systems thinking, philosophy of science, and socio-economic inquiry, thereby extending the relevance of Tawhid beyond theology into interdisciplinary scholarship. Although several historical claims regarding traditional exegetical schools require greater nuance, the work successfully demonstrates the potential of Tawhidi epistemology as an integrative framework for contemporary Islamic thought and for addressing complex global challenges through a unified moral-material worldview.