Comparative Studies of Quran

Comparative Studies of Quran

A comparative study of the use of similitudes in the two ijtihad interpretations of Al-Tabayan and Al-Mizan (case study of Surah Anfal)

Document Type : Original

Authors
khadigeh ahmadibighash 1
Zyinab Hosseini Panahandeh 2
1 Assistant Professor of Quran and Hadith Department, Tarbiat Modares University. Tehran. Iran.
2 Third-level scholar of Qur'an interpretation and sciences, Qaim Seminary, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The Holy Quran is a book of guidance for all people and for all times. The Quran contains the knowledge needed by humans to achieve personal and social happiness. The commentators of the Holy Quran have been accompanied by ups and downs throughout history based on their special approaches and methods in interpretation, and they have always tried to achieve a correct and comprehensive understanding of the divine verses. One of the most important methods of interpretation is the method of ijtihad, which flourished from the fifth century with the interpretation of al-Tabayan, and continued until the interpretation of al-Mizan in the contemporary century. This research tries to answer the question of how the evidence was used in the two interpretations of al-Tabayan and al-Mizan ijtihad. A descriptive, analytical and comparative study of this issue in Surah Anfal as a case study shows that although the method of ijtihad in the interpretation of the Qur'an requires its own principles and rules, the passage of more than ten centuries of time, the advancement of science, the diversity and multiplicity of the needs of societies, etc. It has been effective on referring to documents by ijtihadi commentators of the Holy Quran, and it has caused an increase in regularity and principled writing of interpretations. For this purpose, the use of interpretative evidences including: continuous verbal, continuous non-verbal and discontinuous evidences, although it has been considered in Tafsir al-Tabayan as the first interpretation of ijtihad, but the presence of these evidences has been very limited and weak in terms of quantity and quality. However, the application of these evidences in the interpretation of al-Mizan in the contemporary era has not only increased quantitatively, but the quality of attention to these evidences has been accompanied by a dramatic change and has taken an important step in the effectiveness of ijtihad interpretation in solving human problems and needs.
Keywords
Tafseer al-Tabayan
Tafsir al-Mizan
continuous proofs
discontinuous proofs
Surah Anfal

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 09 September 2023
  • Revise Date 02 November 2023
  • Accept Date 02 November 2023
  • Publish Date 22 June 2023