Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology

Hundreds of tafsÊr works have been produced by Muslim scholars with a view to making the message of the Qur’Én accessible to the mankind. These works represent various trends, different approaches, diverse methodologies, multifarious objectives, and numerous schools of thought. Consequently, diffe...

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Main Author: Khan, Israr Ahmad
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2010
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/22736/1/275-277.pdf
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description Hundreds of tafsÊr works have been produced by Muslim scholars with a view to making the message of the Qur’Én accessible to the mankind. These works represent various trends, different approaches, diverse methodologies, multifarious objectives, and numerous schools of thought. Consequently, different and, at times, mutually conflicting interpretations of the words of Allah has caused Muslims to feel confused and dejected. Interestingly, scholars who have applied one and the same methodology to unfold the truth of the divine speech have also miserably failed to maintain the unity of the message of the Qur’Én, and come up with uncompromisingly contradictory interpretations. This situation serves as an obvious indicator that there is something wrong in the methodology of interpretation of the Qur’an. In the twentieth century some Muslim scholars such as al-FarÉhÊ and IÎlÉÍÊ proposed and also practically demonstrated a new methodology of tafsÊr known as Nazm al-Qur’Én. To them, it is not merely an excellent miraculous feature of the Qur’an but also a methodology. Application of this methodology in the Qur’Énic tafsÊr leads to the unity of message in the Qur’an. This methodology may enable the commentators of the Qur’Én to develop various meanings of verses but there is no possibility of conflict among scholars while interpreting the Qur’Én in terms of ideas. This paper introduces NaÐm al-Qur’Én as a methodology of tafsÊr and apply it to sËrah al-Jumu‘ah for practical purpose.
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spelling iium-227362012-03-21T06:04:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22736/ Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology Khan, Israr Ahmad BP130 Works about the Qurʼān Hundreds of tafsÊr works have been produced by Muslim scholars with a view to making the message of the Qur’Én accessible to the mankind. These works represent various trends, different approaches, diverse methodologies, multifarious objectives, and numerous schools of thought. Consequently, different and, at times, mutually conflicting interpretations of the words of Allah has caused Muslims to feel confused and dejected. Interestingly, scholars who have applied one and the same methodology to unfold the truth of the divine speech have also miserably failed to maintain the unity of the message of the Qur’Én, and come up with uncompromisingly contradictory interpretations. This situation serves as an obvious indicator that there is something wrong in the methodology of interpretation of the Qur’an. In the twentieth century some Muslim scholars such as al-FarÉhÊ and IÎlÉÍÊ proposed and also practically demonstrated a new methodology of tafsÊr known as Nazm al-Qur’Én. To them, it is not merely an excellent miraculous feature of the Qur’an but also a methodology. Application of this methodology in the Qur’Énic tafsÊr leads to the unity of message in the Qur’an. This methodology may enable the commentators of the Qur’Én to develop various meanings of verses but there is no possibility of conflict among scholars while interpreting the Qur’Én in terms of ideas. This paper introduces NaÐm al-Qur’Én as a methodology of tafsÊr and apply it to sËrah al-Jumu‘ah for practical purpose. 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22736/1/275-277.pdf Khan, Israr Ahmad (2010) Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur.
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Khan, Israr Ahmad
Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
title Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
title_full Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
title_fullStr Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
title_full_unstemmed Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
title_short Nazm Al-Qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
title_sort nazm al-qur'an: a viable tafsir methodology
topic BP130 Works about the Qurʼān
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22736/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/22736/1/275-277.pdf