نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
In this interview, ‘Allāma Faḍl Allāh answers several questions concerning how to understand the Qur'an. The topics discussed in this interview are as follows: criteria for understanding the text; constant and variable in understanding the Qur'an and religious texts; nature of tafsīr; revealed text (naṣṣ) and external meaning (ẓāhir); the relativity of constancy and variation in understanding; the role of lexicons in understanding the Qur'an; the role of traditions in tafsīr of the verses; the function of the interpreter's beliefs in tafsīr of the Qur'an; the role of language devices in understanding the Qur'an; and finally, the status of the Qur'an in jurisprudence and jurisprudential ijtahād (legal reasoning).