The root SRF is used in the Holy Quran 23 times in different forms. Out of this number, the form of active noun (al-musref, al-musrifīn/ al-musrifūn) plus an additional case (man asrafa) is found in 16 uses, and only 7 other uses of this root have other forms. Despite the significant difference in applications, the understanding of Israf in the interpretive tradition and in Islamic culture, especially in the contemporary period, is based on 7 applications in Islamic economic theories. This research aims to answer this question with the approach of constructivist semantics, what are the differences between the two categories of uses of the word "Iserf" from each other? The most important result in differentiating the usages is that the construction of the active noun "Al-Musrafin" in the Holy Qur'an has been upgraded from the level of meaning and turned into a term meaning a group against the prophets whose actions are against divine commands, but the other morphological constructions of this article remain at the level of meaning. They have remained and are considered equivalent to a kind of obscene and abnormal behavior, a meaning that today is mostly mentioned in the understanding of Israf in the Qurʾān as a kind of behavioral and moral abnormality.
The Holy Qurʾān, original Arabic; And also, Persian translations by Moḥammad Mahdī Fūlādvand (Tehrān, History Studies and Islamic Cognitions Office, 1376 SAH), ʿAlī Meshkīnī (Qom, Al-Hādī, 1381 SAH), and Moḥammad Rezā Ṣafavī (Qom, Daftar-e Nashr-e Maʿāref, 1388 SAH).
Akhavan Tabasi, Mohammad Hosein and Hoseinzadeh Ivari, Amir Hosein, “Analyzing the Semantic Components of Isrāf by the Method of Etymology in Semitic and Afro-Asiatic Languages”, Islamic Studies and Culture, vol. 7, issue 2, 1402 SAH [Persian].
Mīr-Moʿezzī, Sayyed Ḥoseyn, The Economic System of Islam: Foundations, Goals, Strategic Principles, and Ethics, Qom, Research Institute of Culture and Islamic Thought Publications, 1390 SAH [Persian].
The Holy Qurʾān, original Arabic; And also, Persian translations by Moḥammad Mahdī Fūlādvand (Tehrān, History Studies and Islamic Cognitions Office, 1376 SAH), ʿAlī Meshkīnī (Qom, Al-Hādī, 1381 SAH), and Moḥammad Rezā Ṣafavī (Qom, Daftar-e Nashr-e Maʿāref, 1388 SAH).
Akhavan Tabasi, Mohammad Hosein and Hoseinzadeh Ivari, Amir Hosein, “Analyzing the Semantic Components of Isrāf by the Method of Etymology in Semitic and Afro-Asiatic Languages”, Islamic Studies and Culture, vol. 7, issue 2, 1402 SAH [Persian].
Mīr-Moʿezzī, Sayyed Ḥoseyn, The Economic System of Islam: Foundations, Goals, Strategic Principles, and Ethics, Qom, Research Institute of Culture and Islamic Thought Publications, 1390 SAH [Persian].
Salman Nejad,M. and Hossein Zade Ivary,A. H. (2024). The Dual Usage of Isrāf in the Qurʾān: A Semantic Analysis. Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis, 5(1), 65-95. doi: 10.22034/naghdeara.2024.464007.1218
MLA
Salman Nejad,M. , and Hossein Zade Ivary,A. H. . "The Dual Usage of Isrāf in the Qurʾān: A Semantic Analysis", Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis, 5, 1, 2024, 65-95. doi: 10.22034/naghdeara.2024.464007.1218
HARVARD
Salman Nejad M., Hossein Zade Ivary A. H. (2024). 'The Dual Usage of Isrāf in the Qurʾān: A Semantic Analysis', Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis, 5(1), pp. 65-95. doi: 10.22034/naghdeara.2024.464007.1218
CHICAGO
M. Salman Nejad and A. H. Hossein Zade Ivary, "The Dual Usage of Isrāf in the Qurʾān: A Semantic Analysis," Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis, 5 1 (2024): 65-95, doi: 10.22034/naghdeara.2024.464007.1218
VANCOUVER
Salman Nejad M., Hossein Zade Ivary A. H. The Dual Usage of Isrāf in the Qurʾān: A Semantic Analysis. Critical Studies on the Quranic Exegesis, 2024; 5(1): 65-95. doi: 10.22034/naghdeara.2024.464007.1218