بررسي مباني صوفيه در فهم و تاويل قرآن

A Survey of Sufi Principles in Understanding and Interpretation of the Qurʹan

As viewed by all Muslims, the Holy Qurʹan is the most significant source for getting to know the Islamic ordinances and ma aril (knowledge). However, they came to disagreement as to how to understand the divine words, with various Muslim sects and groups trying to comprehend its meanings in their own approaches and views. In this respect, the Sufis with a different viewpoint from that of the traditionists and jurists have sought to understand and interpret the Qurʹan and regarded the esoteric way as the proper procedure for understanding it, viewing other exegetical methods as proving to be of little avail. On the other hand, the traditionists and jurists have considered the Sufi way of understanding the Qurʹan as innovative and inadvisable. The present article reviews the principles of the Sufis and mystics as well as their opponentsʹ positions in respect to understanding and interpreting the Qurʹan.