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METHODOLOGY OF INTERACTION WITH AND REFLECTION ON THE QUR'AN.

Authors :
Khan, Israr Ahmad
Source :
Epistemology Journal; Jun2024, Vol. 13 Issue 15, p1-20, 20p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The Qur'an came down from on high to inspire the entire humanity to find the right way of life, to serve as self-evident proofs that it was from Allah, and to act as a criterion to differentiate between the right and the wrong1. It is then quite natural for every human being to understand the message of the Qur'an. Muslim scholars have played their role to facilitate this task to access to the Qur'an's messages. As it appears, the great Muslim scholars did not pinpointedly outline the principles/methodology/rules of Qur'anic interpretation. Practically, they devoted their efforts to interpret the Qur'an through the Qur'an, Sunnah of the Last Prophet (s.a.w.), views of the Companions and their Disciples, historical backgrounds, and linguistic dimensions of classical Arabic. These ways represent sources of interpretation of the Qur'an rather than methodology of interpretation of the Qur'an. Merely using sources to understand the Qur'an does not necessarily indicate to how to use the sources. The present paper represents a humble attempt to identify and explain new rules/methodology/principles to interpret the Qur'an. The methodology applied to this task is critical analysis. The conclusion reached is that application of new proposed methodology makes the task to interpret the Qur'an easy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
Volume :
13
Issue :
15
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Epistemology Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
180280945