Stylistics Studies of the Holy Quran

Stylistics Studies of the Holy Quran

Methodology of Ibn Qutaybah in responding to Quranic doubts

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor of Quran Interpretation and Sciences, University of Holy Quran Sciences and Education
2 Knowledge Research Level 3 Maragheh Seminary
1022034/sshq.2022.143006
Abstract
 
Knowledge of the scientific method of scientists in all sciences, makes their findings to be used methodically and optimally. Ibn Qutaybah, the author of the book " Tawīl  Mushkil al-Quran ", is one of the scholars of Quranic sciences who has had usable opinions and theories. In this article, the most important principles and interpretive methods of Ibn Qutaybah have been studied by analytical-descriptive methods. Ibn Qutaybah, by applying literary, lingual and eloquent principles and  by using of the ijtihad interpretation and literary interpretation methods, has responded to the doubts of the skeptics and  ridiculers of the Holy Qur'an. He has raised and answered the important doubts of the critics such as the repetition of  some Ayat and stories of the Quran, the difference of readings, the incomprehensibility of the moqatta'e letters, the distortion in the Quran, etc. With these doubts, the critics have questioned the heavenly nature of the Quran, which is still going on in another way.

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Methodology of Ibn Qutaybah in responding to Quranic doubts
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Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 7
Fourth year, first issue, seventh consecutive, autumn and winter 2021
January 2021
Pages 9-27

  • Receive Date 21 July 2020
  • Revise Date 28 November 2020
  • Accept Date 08 January 2022
  • Publish Date 21 December 2020