The Function of "Social Monotheism" in the Philosophy of Interpretation (of the Qur'an)

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Authors

1 Associate Professor of the Logic of Understanding Religion Department of Islamic Culture and Thought Research Institute

2 Level Four (PhD) in comparative interpretation, Masoomiyah Higher Education Institute, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Social monotheism, in terms of its belief-social identity, has important functions in the philosophies of Mozaf to the sciences and as a result of their transformation, of which the philosophy of interpretation is one of them. The importance of discussing philosophy of interpretation is in the necessity of responding to newly emerging social doubts and the inadequacy of religious monotheism with its common concept in relation to these doubts, the frequency of social verses and the rule of the spirit of monotheism over the Qur'an. The present article, which aims to explain the function of social monotheism on the philosophy of this science with an analytical-argumentative approach, shows that the result of the social examination of monotheism is effective in better identifying God as the source of the Qur'an, and by inducing a social approach to God's attributes, including his knowledge, wisdom, creativity, and supervision, it will give a new social direction to the interpretation of the verses related to God's names and attributes. The correct understanding of the structure of society and the space of the time of revelation and the correct understanding of the verses related to that time, such as the concept of worship and the interpretation of the verses related to it, is the function of social monotheism in the foundations of the science of interpretation. Via the social examination of monotheism, a new logic is developed in the understanding of the produced verses and the realm of mediation of the Qur'anic verses, and the potential of this science is revealed in the authority of human sciences and the weakness of Sufi or liberal interpretations. Therefore, it is possible to suggest the trend of social interpretation focusing on social monotheism. Bringing the Qur'an to the public scene and interpreting it in line with the objective needs of the social life of the time and laying the groundwork for expanding the transcendental concept of Qur'anic monotheism in the body of life and turning the Qur'an into a way of social life based on the monotheistic verses are the changes that are created in interpretation

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Quranic Science Studies
Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 14
October 2023
Pages 183-213

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