Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis

Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis

Al-Ghazzāli's Interpretation of Āya al-Nūr

Document Type : Promotional article

Authors
1 PhD student of Qurʾān and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Qurʾān and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Religious scholars have offered different interpretations of the Quranic verses based on their learnings, experiences, and concerns. Imam Muhammad Ghazzālī, who lived in the fifth century AH, is one of the pioneers in the field of Quranic sciences. He has managed to theorize unique and unusual opinions in the realm of interpreting Quranic verses, opening new horizons for researchers. Ghazzālī has interpreted the Verse of Light in his book "Mishkāt al-Anwār". Interpreters have expressed various interpretations of verse thirty-five of the chapter of Light, but Ghazali has centered his interpretation on the human being and has described human spirits. He considers each word of this verse as a symbol of the human spirit and introduces indicators for recognizing the true light so that humans can identify it. The data collection in this research was done through library methods, and the research approach is descriptive and analytical. The findings of this research seek to express and analyze indicators for understanding and perceiving light. He introduces these indicators of light to humans for decryption. It is worth mentioning that Ghazzālī's humanistic interpretation of the Verse of Light is different from the humanistic thought that emerged in the West after the Renaissance, which places humans at the center of the universe.
 
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Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8
March 2024
Pages 277-300

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