Comparative Studies of Quran

Comparative Studies of Quran

A Comparative Study of the Views of Allamah Muhammad Hussein Ṭabāṭabāī and Dr. Maḥmūd Al-Bastānī on the Structural Interpretation of Surah Ghafir from the Hawāmīm Chapters

Document Type : Original

Authors
Seyyed Mustafa Manaqib 1
Nasser Neistani 2
Hossein Pirake 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3 PhD student of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/csq.2024.442283.1399
Abstract
The structural interpretation of the Qur'an, as a method of understanding the divine text, has emerged as one of the innovative and attractive fields in contemporary academic studies, gaining significant attention in recent decades. Many exegetes and researchers have ventured into this domain. This method seeks to uncover the intended purpose of the divine text and considers a deep understanding of the intent and subject of the surah essential to achieving this goal. Part of the scientific examination of any method is conducted through comparison and alignment with other scientific approaches. In this regard, the current study employs an innovative "interrogative" method based on criteria and inquiry. By comparing and contrasting various methods, it offers a practical complement to the comparative study of exegetical approaches. The study examines, through an in-depth analysis, the ideas, foundations, sources, tools, rules, and criteria of two relatively similar and shared comprehensive and structural interpretative approaches: Allamah Ṭabāṭabāī’s Tafsīr Al-Mīzān and Dr. Maḥmūd Al-Bastānī’s structural exegesis (Al-Tafsir al-Bināʾī). The study conducts a comparative analysis of their views, focusing on the necessity of identifying commonalities and differences in their approaches, which serve as fundamental and constructive criteria in comparative interpretation. The study highlights their theoretical and practical principles regarding the relationships, connections, and discovery of the purposes of verses and overarching themes in different sections of Surah Ghāfir, as an example from the Hawāmīm Surahs. It aims to develop and expand new concepts by creating a unified, innovative, and comprehensive structural approach that combines different methods and interpretative tendencies. This, in turn, facilitates a correct and effective understanding of the meanings and secrets of the Qur'anic interpretation, offering a new model and a complete outcome to be shared and displayed for future study.
Keywords
Structural interpretation
Comparative study
Ṭabāṭabāī
Bastānī
Similarities
Differences
Surah Ghafir

Subjects

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Comparative Studies of Quran
Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 17
September 2024
Pages 168-191

  • Receive Date 18 February 2024
  • Revise Date 25 April 2024
  • Accept Date 08 May 2024
  • Publish Date 22 August 2024