Methodology of Interpretive Narrations in Explaining Geological Terms and Phrases of the Quran

Document Type : The scientific research paper

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1 مرکز تخصصی علوم اسلامی کوثر تهران

2 دانشیاردانشگاه علوم قرآن ومعارف اسلامی تهران

3 دانشگاه علوم و معارف قرآن کریم، شاهرود، ایران

Abstract

Recognizing the organized system of the impeccable Imams' (AS) interpretive methods in explaining geological verses, and their efforts in the process of understanding the Quranic verses and reaching God's intent through scientific explanation, can provide effective methods for interrogating the Quran in this type of verse. The Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and the Companions, in interpreting the scientific verses of the Quran, generally adopted three approaches: "Linguistic explanation, conceptual interpretation, and reference to the Quran itself." However, conceptual interpretation was more prevalent, and linguistic explanation was mostly dedicated to the semantics of words. While paying attention to other verses of the Quran and using their own rational arguments, they explained the Quran and eluded to its cosmic and internal signs, such as subduction, the non-annihilation of matter, and other matters. The present study explores how the Imams (AS) studied and approached the geological verses of the Holy Quran. Through content analysis and library-based data collection, the narrations are examined. By comparing the geological verses, scientific narrations, and natural sciences, it is concluded that the Impeccable Imams (AS) not only paid attention to the science of their time but also addressed issues that were unknown to the thinkers of that era and were discovered by scientists centuries later. They employed various methods to convey the meaning of scientific verses, such as semantic explanation, imagery, stating the cause, conceptual interpretation, and so on

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Article Title [Persian]

تعامل روش‌شناسی روایات تفسیری در تبیین واژه‌ها و عبارات آیات زمین‌شناسی

Authors [Persian]

  • هنگامه آراسپ 1
  • علی غضنفری 2
  • داود صائمی 3
1 Kowsar Specialized Center for Islamic Sciences, Tehran
2 Tehran University of Quranic Sciences and Islamic Studies
3 Holy Quran University of Sciences and Education, Shahrood, Iran
Abstract [Persian]

شناخت نظم‌یافتۀ روش‌های تفسیری معصومان (ع) در تفسیر آیات زمین‌شناسی و مساعی آنان در فرایند فهم آیات قرآن و رسیدن به مراد خداوند از طریق تبیین علمی، می‌تواند روش‌هایی کارآمد در استنطاق قرآن در این‌گونه آیات باشد.اهل بیت (ع) و صحابه در تفسیر آیات علمی قرآن غالباً سه رویۀ تبیین لغوی، تفسیر مفهومی و استناد به قرآن را پیش گرفته‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌اند؛ البته تفسیر مفهومی فراوانی بیشتری را دارا بوده و تبیین لغوی بیشتر به معناشناسی واژگان اختصاص یافته است، ایشان ضمن توجه به آیات دیگر قرآن و استدلال عقلی خود به تبیین قرآن پرداخته و به آیات آفاقی و انفسی آن مانند؛ فرورانش، عدم معدومیت ماده، و موارد دیگر‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ اشاراتی داشتند. آنچه این نوشتار به آن پرداخته، دستیابی به نحوۀ مطالعه و رفتار ائمه طاهرین (ع) دربارۀ آیات زمین‌شناسی قرآن کریم است که با روش تحلیل محتوایی و گردآوری کتابخانه‌ای روایات را مورد واکاوی قرار داده و با سنجش آیات زمین‌شناسی و روایات علمی و علوم طبیعی به این نتیجه رسیده که معصومان (ع) نه تنها به علم روز زمان خود توجه داشتند؛ بلکه به بیان مواردی پرداختند که اندیشمندان آن زمان از آن آگاهی نداشته و قرن‌ها بعد توسط دانشمندان کشف گردیده است. آنان برای رساندن مفهوم آیات علمی از طرق مختلفی مانند، توضیح معنایی، تصویرسازی و بیان علت ، تأویل مفهومی و غیره بهره جسته‌اند

Keywords [Persian]

  • آیات علمی
  • زمین‌شناسی
  • روایات معصومان (ع)
  • روایات صحابه
  • روش‌شناسی

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Quran and Religious Enlightenment
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 10
January 2025
Pages 189-209

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