Islamic exegesis

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Islamic exegesis is the scholarly interpretation and commentary on the Qur’an that explains its meanings, contexts, and legal and theological implications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic science ⓘ
Qur’anic studies discipline ⓘ
interpretive practice ⓘ
religious scholarship ⓘ
addresses abrogation (naskh) in the Qur’an ⓘ
ambiguous verses (mutashābihāt) ⓘ
legal verses (āyāt al-aḥkām) ⓘ
narratives of prophets ⓘ
aimsTo clarify historical context of revelation ⓘ
derive legal rulings from the Qur’an ⓘ
explain meanings of Qur’anic verses ⓘ
expound theological doctrines ⓘ
analyzes Qur’anic rhetoric ⓘ
Qur’anic syntax ⓘ
Qur’anic vocabulary ⓘ
developedIn early Islamic centuries ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Islamic law ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
hasArabicName Tafsīr ⓘ
hasMethod legal exegesis ⓘ
literary and rhetorical exegesis ⓘ
mystical or Sufi exegesis ⓘ
narrative-based exegesis (tafsīr bi’l-maʾthūr) ⓘ
reason-based exegesis (tafsīr bi’l-raʾy) ⓘ
theological exegesis ⓘ
hasNotableWork Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī ⓘ
Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ⓘ
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn ⓘ
Tafsīr al-Mīzān ⓘ
Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī ⓘ
Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī ⓘ
linked to: Tafsir al-Tabari

al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī ⓘ
al-Manār Tafsīr ⓘ
hasSubfield Shiʿi Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
Sufi Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
Sunni Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
modernist Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
influences Islamic creed (ʿaqīda) ⓘ
Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
isPracticedBy Muslim scholars ⓘ
mufassirūn ⓘ
languageOfScholarship Arabic ⓘ
relatedTo Qur’anic hermeneutics ⓘ
ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) ⓘ
usesSource Arabic language and grammar ⓘ
Hadith ⓘ
Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

opinions of early Muslim scholars ⓘ
reports about reasons of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl) ⓘ

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Meccan surahs → usedIn → Islamic exegesis ⓘ
Usul al-fiqh → influencedBy → Quranic exegesis ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
righteousServantOfAllah → hasDomain → Qur’anicExegesis ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
Musa and Khidr → usedIn → Islamic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
Quran 29:69 → citedIn → Islamic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
She-camel of Salih → mentionedIn → Islamic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
Quran 17:61–65 → usedIn → Tafsir literature ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge → influencedField → Islamic hermeneutics ⓘ
linked to: Islamic exegesis
Quran 21:83–84 → usedIn → Islamic exegesis ⓘ