Methods and Styles of Interpretation: The Urgency of Knowing the Hadaf of Interpretation and Tsaqafah of al-Mufassirin
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https://doi.org/10.15575/mjiat.v5i3.52485Keywords:
hadaf tafsir, tafsir methodology, tafsir style, tsaqafah al-mufassirinAbstract
This study examines how Qur’anic interpretation is shaped by the interpreter’s purpose (hadaf al-tafsīr) and intellectual and cultural background (thaqāfah al-mufassir). Using a qualitative, descriptive-analytical library research method, it explores the concepts, their epistemological significance, and their influence on exegetical methods and thought. The findings show that an exegete’s education, theological and legal affiliation, intellectual orientation, ideological commitments, and socio-cultural context shape both the objectives and methodological direction of interpretation. Consequently, different interpreters may produce varied understandings of the same Qur’anic text. The study argues that Qur’anic interpretation is inseparable from the interpreter’s intellectual and cultural background, and that awareness of these factors enables a more critical, contextual, and balanced evaluation of exegetical diversity.
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