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Soru-Cevap İlişkisi Bağlamında Hitabın Umumiliği
Generalization of the Event in the Context of Question-Answer Relationship

Author(s): Muhammed İsa Yüksek
Subject(s): Islam studies, Theory of Literature, Stylistics
Published by: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversites - İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Tafsīr; Question; Answer; Laws; Unseen;

Summary/Abstract: In the Qur’ān, it is stated in thirteen places that the Prophet was asked with the sentence “They ask you ... Say:” and answers are given to these questions. Nine of these questions are related to judgment and five of them are related to the unseen. Questions about the unseen are about past, present and future. In these verses, questions about the nature of the unseen are left unanswered, only information about how is provided. As a person who lived in the past, the question about Zulkarneyn was conveyed in ambiguous expressions and admonition themes in the Qur’ān’s own narrative style. Questions about the law consist of basic issues that determine the characteristics of Islamic society, from family law to war law, from halal food to alcohol and gambling. The answers given to these questions have escaped from particular events and turned into norms of universal law. There are also some criticisms about the questions in some answers. This study is limited to the questions and answers that come with the “They ask you ... Say:” sentence. Questions and answers are classified under the headings of law-unseen. While analyzing the related verses, the occasions of the revelation mentioned in the sources are explained. Considering the volume of the article, the subjects of the verses were considered only in terms of question-answer relationship. In this study, it is concluded that the questions pointed to by with the “They ask you ... Say:” sentence are a stylistic feature that the Qur’ān uses to pass universal answers.

  • Issue Year: 7/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-85
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Turkish