Quran Exegeses not Responsive to Society’s Requirements
The Quran exegeses that have been published over the past 33 years have not been much concerned with the issues and needs Muslims are facing at the present time.
This is according to Seyyed Yahya Yasrebi, Quran interpreter and former professor of Allameh Tabatabaee University, who also told IQNA: “The Quranic and religious works particularly Quran exegeses written before the Islamic Revolution were more or less concerned with challenging the then controversial schools of thought, such as Marxism, in an attempt to discuss the main social and political issues of the time.”
“Such an approach could be more traced in the exegeses published in some Arab countries especially Egypt, such as those written by Seyyed Ghotb and Mohammad Abdeh.”
Yasrebi went on to say that the trend continued in the works written following the Revolution, the most important of which being Al-Mizan and Nemouneh Exegeses as well as Noor Exegesis by Hojat-ol-Islam Qara’ti.
“One reason for adopting such a non-revolutinary approach to new exegeses can be the interpreters’ lack of knowledge about new scientific and research sources that can be witnessed in other branches of human sciences such as philosophy and mysticism as well.”
Author of “Exegesis of the Day” further elaborated on the qualitative deficiencies in the field, noting: “Despite the considerable increase in the publication of new research papers, authors still rely on previous references or approaches, and are not much attentive to the more recent and reliable projects.”
“The Holy Quran has in itself lots of divine facts that are still unknown to man; yet, approaching it through the same questions will not bring up new responses.”
Author of “Mohammad (PBUH): Messenger of Justice and Freedom” further referred to the concept of ‘polytheism’ in the Holy Quran, adding: “Interpreting the Quranic verses through a new perspective will reveal polytheism as playing a crucial role in the emergence of social injustice and oppression that cannot be grasped using the past views.”
“Unlike other divine religions, Islam belongs to all times and places and its miraculous aspect should, therefore, be disclosed according to man’s current requirements in the modern world.”
Yasrebi further referred to the superficial interpretation of the verses as another existing problem in the field, noting: “The Quranic culture will not be much promoted unless we pay more serious attention to its profound and lofty meanings and concepts that can be highly effective in resolving the problems of the Islamic community.”
“While literary exegeses of the Quran were once prevalent to reveal its discursive beauty and literariness, today’s world is more in need of interpretations in accordance with man’s current needs.
He also referred to the unpopularity of compiling Quran exegeses using the viewpoints of different interpreters, calling for better planning and cooperation of academic and cultural officials to pursue the job more efficiently.
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“Such an approach could be more traced in the exegeses published in some Arab countries especially Egypt, such as those written by Seyyed Ghotb and Mohammad Abdeh.”
Yasrebi went on to say that the trend continued in the works written following the Revolution, the most important of which being Al-Mizan and Nemouneh Exegeses as well as Noor Exegesis by Hojat-ol-Islam Qara’ti.
“One reason for adopting such a non-revolutinary approach to new exegeses can be the interpreters’ lack of knowledge about new scientific and research sources that can be witnessed in other branches of human sciences such as philosophy and mysticism as well.”
Author of “Exegesis of the Day” further elaborated on the qualitative deficiencies in the field, noting: “Despite the considerable increase in the publication of new research papers, authors still rely on previous references or approaches, and are not much attentive to the more recent and reliable projects.”
“The Holy Quran has in itself lots of divine facts that are still unknown to man; yet, approaching it through the same questions will not bring up new responses.”
Author of “Mohammad (PBUH): Messenger of Justice and Freedom” further referred to the concept of ‘polytheism’ in the Holy Quran, adding: “Interpreting the Quranic verses through a new perspective will reveal polytheism as playing a crucial role in the emergence of social injustice and oppression that cannot be grasped using the past views.”
“Unlike other divine religions, Islam belongs to all times and places and its miraculous aspect should, therefore, be disclosed according to man’s current requirements in the modern world.”
Yasrebi further referred to the superficial interpretation of the verses as another existing problem in the field, noting: “The Quranic culture will not be much promoted unless we pay more serious attention to its profound and lofty meanings and concepts that can be highly effective in resolving the problems of the Islamic community.”
“While literary exegeses of the Quran were once prevalent to reveal its discursive beauty and literariness, today’s world is more in need of interpretations in accordance with man’s current needs.
He also referred to the unpopularity of compiling Quran exegeses using the viewpoints of different interpreters, calling for better planning and cooperation of academic and cultural officials to pursue the job more efficiently.
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