Evaluation of Riwayahs of Tafsīr in the Context of Correlated with ʿAbdallāh b. Salām Verses in Meccan Suras Cover Image

Mekkî Sûrelerde Abdullah b. Selâm ile İlişkilendirilen Âyetler Bağlamında Tefsir Rivâyetlerinin Değerlendirilmesi
Evaluation of Riwayahs of Tafsīr in the Context of Correlated with ʿAbdallāh b. Salām Verses in Meccan Suras

Author(s): Sami Kılınçlı
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Jewish studies, Islam studies
Published by: Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İlahyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Tafsīr; Evaluation of Riwayahs of Tafsīr; Context; Islam;

Summary/Abstract: In the era Islam emerged, Arabs were calling Jews and Christians as Ahl al-Kitāb, respecting them and affected by them in many ways. When they failed in their debates against the Prophet, they were referring to the scholars of Ahl al-Kitāb and relying on the information they got from them, they were trying to force and beat the Prophet intellectually by their questions. In the Meccan period, no clashes had happened between the Muslims and Ahl alKitāb. Jewish scholars had been admitting that they knew the similarity in the topics of Qurʾān and Tawrāt, the Qurʾān were telling the truth and the Prophet was conveying the message of the truth. In some of the verses, these right attitudes of the scholars of Ahl al-Kitāb are used as a reference against Mus̲h̲riks. In the verses said, those scholars are praised and indicated as a source of information for the Prophet as well. The verses related with the topic were understood in parallel with the context and direct meaning of the Nass by some scholars, yet, they were explained not taking the Nuzul environment and process into consideration by some other scholars. It is mentioned that ʿAbdallāh b. Salām and his friends who became Muslims in Medina period have been told in these verses. In this study, level of validity for these interpretations will be evaluated based on Qurʾān –relationship and the fact that some of the asbab al-nuzul (circumstances of revelation) are known to be jurisprudential; and it will be argued that the true meaning of the naṣṣ is overshadowed.

  • Issue Year: 23/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 831-853
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Turkish