Thematic Tafsir and Other Methods of Interpreting the Qur’an Cover Image

Tematski tefsir i druge metode tumačenja Kur’ana
Thematic Tafsir and Other Methods of Interpreting the Qur’an

Author(s): Almir Fatić, Muhamed Fazlović
Subject(s): Islam studies, Qur’anic studies
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: methods of interpreting the Qur’an; thematic tafsir (al-tafsīr al-mawḍūʻī); analytical tafsīr (al-tafsīr al-taḥlīlī); concise tafsīr (al-tafsīr al-iğmālī); comparative tafsīr (al-tafsīr al-muqāran);

Summary/Abstract: All methods of interpreting the Qur’an have the same goal of discovering and explaining its meaning and intentions, but this goal is reached in different ways. That divergence is completely understandable and justified. Some methods of tafsir are considered fundamental as starting points for other methods, so that a commentator of any method cannot avoid citing them. Thus, analytical tafsīr (al-tafsīr al-taḥlīlī) represents the basis of concise tafsīr (altafsīr al-iğmālī), thematic tafsīr (al-tafsīr al-mawḍūʻī) and comparative tafsīr (altafsīr l-muqāran). This paper examines the differences between thematic tafsir and other mentioned methods of interpreting the Qur’an.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 13-26
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian