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Scholars of the Indian subcontinent have rendered excellent scholarly services in the Quranic exegesis. They always focused on studying the sciences of the Qur’ān and its interpretation, as these sciences serve the Quranic knowledge and help in understanding the purposes and teachings of the Holy Book. The exegeses from these scholars include various approaches and viewpoints, such as the approach of orientalists and modernists in the field of interpretation and Quranic sciences. Orientalists found an opportunity to introduce their approaches and opinions in Quranic Sciences. Qur’ān has been the central point of their research, analysis and critical studies. Hence, Muslim scholars discussed their practices in their exegeses. They debated these orientalists and responded to them with various viewpoints based on religious zest and critical principles and research. This research paper deals with the method of orientalists, their publications, analysis and investigations in the field of the Quranic sciences. The authors introduced orientalists with their introduction, historical development and types. The article includes a great deal of discussion on various orientalists' approaches in the Quranic sciences. Likewise, the endeavours of the Muslim scholars in addressing their approaches and criticizing their favourable or unfavourable opinions, as well as discussing their suspicious or proven information because all orientalists were not on a valid approach; some of them were fair, some of them exceeded the limit, and some of them tried to create doubts. The comprehensive research work and squarely coverage of the subject make this article worth reading and a significant add-on to the Quranic sciences literature