Reading The Quran in a Theocentric And Historical Manner: The Case of Ashab Al-Fil

Approximately one-third of the Quran mentions natural and historical events. The event of Ashab al-Fil is an example. When passages mentioning this event are considered, the word order of the Quran (logic and words) has a language system that is Allah-centered. In this context, those who interpret it in a theocentric and divine manner, influenced by its linguistic system that shows sovereignty, have considered this historical event as an extraordinary and miraculous intervention of God in history. On the other hand, those who interpret the Quran in a humane, historical, and eventful manner claim that such events were not extraordinary and miraculous, but natural and ordinary (known and widespread). This study aims to investigate the hypothesis of whether this event is an extraordinary, miraculous, and fateful intervention of God in historical and social life, as claimed by the divine interpretation, or whether it is an ordinary requirement of natural, historical, and social conditions, as claimed by natural interpretation methodology. As a result of the study method, in the form of collecting data from ancient scriptures and analyzing them to reach a synthesis, it was concluded that the event of the Ashab al-Fil is not a miraculous and extraordinary event, as claimed in divine interpretation methodology, but is a humane and natural event, as observed in historical interpretation.