Understanding Text and Context for Productive Reading: an Analysis of Abu Zaid’s Hermeneutics of the Qur’an

<p align="left">This paper describes the thoughts of Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid on theory Al-Qur’an interpretation, with a descriptive-analytic analysis. The data were collected from various sources Nasr’s writings, books, and journals that wrote about his thoughts, as well other had relevance for analysis purposes. tries to reveal meaning significance (<em>magza</em>) which then brings out “the ineffable”. In this case, is represented by text or in sense it lets speak itself. Then, meaning, there dialogue conditions contexts surround reader. Therefore, static because contains historical dynamic accordance horizon each </p>