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Origins of interpretation

Course Description: This course covers the rules and foundations of Tafsir (Quranic exegesis) by exploring its sources, the methodologies of commentators, and the guidelines for understanding the Quranic text. It also examines principles of preference and the reasons for differences among commentators, enabling students to comprehend the Holy Quran with sound and disciplined understanding according to scientific methodology.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

The student acquires the skill of applying the methodology of Quranic exegesis according to correct rules, methods, and sources, and improves dealing with sources and methods in Quranic exegesis.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
To recognize the origins and foundations of interpreting the Holy Quran.
2- To be able to understand the correct methodology in interpreting the Holy Quran.
3. To recognize the methods of Quranic exegesis
Skills:
1- To apply scientific research methods and advanced skills in writing research in the principles of interpretation.
2- To compare the sayings of scholars on studied principles of exegesis.
3. To use the principles of interpretation tools in interpreting the Quranic texts.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
1- To practice teamwork and team leadership effectively and positively.
2- Commit to dialog etiquette, researcher ethics, and scientific honesty in his research.
3. To be independent in professional and research aspects, taking full responsibility for one's work.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
The basic introductions include:
A - The Meaning of Tafsir and Ta'wil and the Difference Between Them.
The meaning of the principles of interpretation and the difference between it, the sciences of the Quran, and the rules of interpretation.
The importance and virtue of the science of Usul al-Tafsir.
Thematic areas of the science of Usul al-Tafsir.
C. The emergence of the science of Usul al-Tafsir, its developmental stages, and its most famous works.
Interpretive methods:
Tafsir al-Qur'an bil-Qur'an:
-Importance, judgment, rules and regulations.
- The Quran's addresses to the Quran and its most important commentaries.
Practical applications of the interpretations that dealt with this type.
Interpretation of the Quran by the Sunnah:
- Its importance, its ruling, the relationship of the Sunnah to the Quran, the difference between it and prophetic exegesis, and its controls.
- The approaches to interpreting the Sunnah for the Quran.
The most important works in it.
Practical applications of the interpretations that dealt with this type.
G - Interpretation of the Quran by the sayings of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them):
Its importance, the ruling on the interpretation of the Companion, characteristics of interpretation in this era, and its most important works.
- Companions' Sources in Their Exegesis, Those Famous for Exegesis Among Them, and Examples of Their Exegesis.
Practical applications of the interpretations that dealt with this type.
Explanation of the Quran through the sayings of the Tabi'in
- Its importance, the ruling on the exegesis of the Tabi'in, the sources of the Tabi'in in their exegesis. And the most important works in it.
- Schools of Tafsir in the Era of the Successors, their prominent figures, and their characteristics.
Practical applications of interpretations concerned with this type and examples of their interpretations.
The Quranic Exegesis in Arabic:
Its importance, its controls, and its most important works.
Practical applications of the interpretations that dealt with this type.
Personal Interpretation
a- Its definition
B. Accepted opinion and its conditions.
T- Reciprocal Comprehension and Examples.
X. Warning against interpretation without knowledge.
Israeli narratives
Its definition.
Its sections.
Are the Israeli traditions a source for interpretation?.
-The reason for its inclusion in the books of Tafsir.
The exegetes' stance on Israelite narrations.
Conditions and Etiquette of the Interpreter:
Its importance.
-Its types.
- The Etiquette of the Exegete.

Last updated: 2026-06-14