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The structure and applicability of the exegesis (Tafsir) based on knowledge (Usool Tafsir method suggestion)

2023
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Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Altundağ

Abstract (EN)

Science-oriented tafsir, with its roots in history, has now emerged as an ideology due to the popularity they have gained in terms of originality. While the creation verses are looked at considering science in these principles, the literature has not yet been brought into a proper methodical environment due to the conflict between those that accept and reject the ideas. This study aims to establish this science-oriented tafsir field on a balanced foundation to investigate whether the Quranic verses based on scientific references should be accepted or rejected. It will firstly trace the tafsir back to its roots and then engage the historic and modern era arguments in debate. The second part of this essay focuses on the literal meanings along with the nature of science and therefore, whether science is a satisfactory reference for exegesis (tafsir). In the third section, while a methodological criterion is introduced for the scientific interpretations of Quranic verses, the same method is presented to the literature under the title "Usûlî Tafsir Method" for the first time, and applied examples of this method are demonstrated in detail. While the roots of the Usûlî Tafsir Method are based on the ancient tradition of Usûl al-Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), the application of these principles to determine the meaning of the verse and to apply them as a criterion for the acceptance of the interpretations has been introduced to the tafsir literature only recently.

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Serkan Ünal

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Serkan Ünal (Doctorate thesis). The structure and applicability of the exegesis (Tafsir) based on knowledge (Usool Tafsir method suggestion), 2023, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University .

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