Solutions and conditions of generalizing the significance of the verses of Holy Quran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate professor of Quranic Sciences and Hadith at Imam Sadeq University

2 M.A of Interpretation of Qom University

3 M.A of Quranic Sciences and Hadith of Imam Sadeq University

Abstract

According to the verses of Holy Quran and based on the Hadith, Quran has not addressed just a certain people of a particular era and place, but the way of generalizing the significance of the verses of Quran and the how it should be used for all the people have not been studied sufficiently. The present paper articulates some of the ways of generalizing Quranic notions. Among the ways are the necessity of distinction between the status of a prophet and what for he has been appointed, considering a kind of hierarchy in concepts of the verses of Holy Quran, a kind of semantic development and increasing the number of the cases a verse may include. It also explains how to avoid wrong generalizing and undue interpretations while considering the methods of rational understanding of the texts.
 

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