مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - AN ESSAY OF A CHRONO-TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON THE RELATIONSHİP BETWEEN METHOD AND CONTENTSIN INTERPRETATION OF THE QUR’AN

Abstract :

This article is the product of a research which is analyzing the relationship between content and method in tafsir. In general, activities made to determine the meanings of the Qur‟anic verses are called the tafsir activities and the branch of science that deals with these activities is called “the science of tafsir” (commentary). This activity is primarily consisted of the transmission of narratives about the Qur‟an verses from the Prophet Mohammad and his companions. Over the centuries tafsir science has become a rich literature that included the works which involve rational inferences. In this context, emerged schools of tafsir which try to interpret the Qur‟anic verses by their own perspectives. According to general opinion, the statements about the Qur‟anic verses (tafsir activity) are shaped according to the tafsir method. In our opinion, the content of the Qur‟anic verse which interpreted during tafsir activity is effective at least as the interpreting method (tafsir method) or more than that. In this context, 24 to 26 verses of Surah Ibrahim in the Qur‟an were selected as examples and these verses have been discussed on the chrono-typological perspective; in the light of important tafsirs (commentaries) in the historical process and the result confirmed the idea which have stated above.