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In this article, we will be focusing on the female scholars who came up with a work of Quranic exegesis throughout the history of Islam. First, we will deal with Prophet Muhammad’s wife, h, as the first female scholar of Quranic exegesis. Then we will deal Ziyb An-Nisa, to whom a work of Quranic exegesis was attributed, as to whether she can be considered the first female scholar who did the exegesis of the whole Quran. As we will be dealing with the late Nusret Begüm Emin, Aisha Abdurrahman, and Zainab Gazali, we will also be dealing with such scholars as Naile Haşim, Fevkiyye Aş-Şirbini, Kâmile binti Muhammad, Keriman Hamza, all of whom are still alive. Moreover, as we will include two female scholars from Turkey, Semra Kürün Çekmegil and Necla Yasdıman, we will also be dealing with the German orientalist Angelika Neuwirth and the book of Quranic exegesis she has been working on for quite some time now. Lastly, for the sake of complementarity, we shortly tackle some works concerning the exegesis of Torah and Gospels. After giving some information about the scholars who are included in this article and peculiarities of their works. We also observe a chronological order in the article as much as possible

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