Document Type : Research Paper
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Corresponding Author, PhD, Department of Quranic Sciences and Hadith, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. E-mail: hmomen25@yahoo.com
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, Department of Quranic Sciences and Hadith, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. E-mail: z_ghasemi62@yahoo.com
10.30512/kq.2024.20540.3738
Abstract
The Holy Qur’an mentions various traditions in various fields. Given that these traditions are numerous, the present study seeks to analyze the historical dynamics in the opinions of contemporary thinkers regarding the concept of defense tradition, mentioned in two verses of the Holy Qur’an worded as “Were it not for Allah’s repelling the people by means of one another”. The study also clarifies the relationship between the dominant discourse and the dynamics in the interpretation of the aforementioned verse. Thus, content analysis plays an important role in the present study. The research method is based on a type of content analysis called discourse analysis, which focuses on the context of the text creation, the reader of the text, and the creator of the text. A review of the commentators' interpretations indicates that, although diverse and sometimes contradictory opinions have been presented regarding the mentioned verse, the common understanding of the verse in all centuries is a focus on war, confrontation, and conflict with enemies, which seems natural given the placement of the verse among war verses. However, in the present era, some Muslim thinkers have tried to reduce the conceptual association of defense with the issue of confrontation and conflict, which can be divided into two groups according to their views. The first group denies that defense implies the concept of war and conflict in general. On the contrary, they consider it to indicate repelling through dialogue and argument, as well as competition with enemies. As for the second group, while proving these new concepts (dialogue, competition, etc.), it considers a type of defense to be done through war and conflict with enemies. The results of the research indicate that the formation of the discourse of "dialogue of civilizations" in contrast to the discourse of "clash of civilizations" in the contemporary era has caused the concept of the Qur’anic verse to shift from denoting a military-political issue to a cultural-political issue in the opinions of contemporary thinkers.
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