CONTENTS * Editorial * A Study of the Contemporary Western Academic Approaches to History of the Qur’Én: The case of Encyclopaedia of the Qur’Én. —Iffat Batool * A Hebrew-Skopos Approach to Translating muqaÏÏa‘Ét in the Qur’Énic Oaths —Alalddin Al-Tarawneh * Islamic Viewpoint on Surrogacy with the Second Wife —Dr. Muhammad Qasim Butt — Prof. Dr. Sultan Shah * Khulafa-e-RashidÊn and the prosperity of Religious Minorities: An Analysis — Hafiz Muhammad Adeel, — Dr Muhammad Riaz Mahmood * The Funding Liquidity Risk and Bank Risk: A Review on the Islamic and Conventional Banks in Pakistan — Saira Ghulam Hassan, — Waeibrorheem Waemustafa * Index Editor-in-Chief: Mrs. Sadia Rashid Editor: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saad Siddique Associate Editor: Dr. Nigar Sajjad Zaheer Published by Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, Bahria Town Tower, Tariq Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Telephone: (+92-21) 38244000 (Ext: 1612) Telefax: (+92-21) 38241555 e-Mails: islamicus@hamdard.edu.pk hfp@hamdardfoundation.org Websi tes: www.hamdardfoundation.org [Hamdard Foundation Pakistan] www.hamdardlabswaqf.org [Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf)] www.hakimsaid.info [Idara-e-Said] Articles from this Journal are indexed in the Religion Index One: Acquisitions Specialist, American Theological Library Association, 300 S. Wacker Dr Ste 2100, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. The Hamdard Islamicus is also indexed by the Index to the Study of Religion Online: A cross-searchable database and bibliography of journal articles (ISSN: 1876-6641) http://media.brill.nl/c/isr/ which is the online version of the Brill Journal Science of Religion, published by the Brill Publishers (Netherlands/USA), P.O.Box 9000 2300 PA Leiden, The Netherlands. Articles and photographs in this issue may not be reproduced unless previous permission has been obtained from the Editor. Price Inland Foreign Pak. Rs. US $ Annual 650/- 120/- Single Copy of this combined issue 330/- 070/- Foreign airmail registered Postage: US$20/- Printed by MAS Printers, Nazimabad, Karachi-74600, Pakistan HAMDARD ISLAMICUS Quarterly Journal of Studies and Research in Islam Recognized by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Vol. XLIII January-March 2020 No. 1 5 7 29 53 73 83 103