Quran, Culture And Civilization

Quran, Culture And Civilization

Analyzing the Contexts of the Formation of the Social Exegesis of the Qur'an with a Synchrony Approach

Authors
rohollah nazemi 1
majid chehri 2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, University of Quranic Sciences and Education (Zahedan Faculty of Quranic Sciences)
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, University of Quranic Sciences and Education (Kermanshah Faculty of Quranic Sciences)
10.22034/jksl.2023.402206.1216
Abstract
Social exegesis is one of the emerging trends in the Quranic Commentary and one of the influential events in contemporary hermeneutics. It is clear that this new phenomenon, like any other intellectual and social phenomenon, did not appear suddenly and in a vacuum. This research seeks to answer the question that which factors were effective in forming the Social exegesis of the Quran. The innovation of the current research is to take the Synchrony Approach as one of the new and efficient research methods to find the answer to this question. The Synchrony Approach observes a historical phenomenon in a certain period of history in order to show, among other things, the contexts of its formation. The historical period related to this research is the interval of several decades between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The pondering of the developments of this period shows that social exegesis was formed due to the factors such as the inefficiency of traditional exegesis in responding to new requirements, the multifaceted attack on Islam and religious values, the influence of modern Muslim thinkers from the religious reform movement in Europe, the role of the Quran in the contemporary religious reform movement in the Islamic world, and the social personality of contemporary exegetes. This movement can be seen in the commentaries written after that era and even up to the present time.

Graphical Abstract

Analyzing the Contexts of the Formation of the Social Exegesis of the Quran with a Synchrony Approach
Keywords
Quranic Contemporary
Social Exegesis
Historical View
Contemporary Approach
Muslim Reformers

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Quran, Culture And Civilization
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 12
Summer 2023
Pages 128-151

  • Receive Date 14 June 2023
  • Revise Date 31 July 2023
  • Accept Date 13 August 2023
  • Publish Date 13 August 2023