Mohammad Molavi; Masoumeh Khalili
Abstract
Abstract The holy Qur'an, as the most comprehensive divine book, has applied many techniques such as telling stories to guide human. The Qur'an is not to tell unreal stories, but rather, it tells the fates of ancient people to teach a lesson to posterity. The stories are absolute truth. The commentators ...
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Abstract The holy Qur'an, as the most comprehensive divine book, has applied many techniques such as telling stories to guide human. The Qur'an is not to tell unreal stories, but rather, it tells the fates of ancient people to teach a lesson to posterity. The stories are absolute truth. The commentators of the Qur'an, especially in the modern period, regard this aspect of the Qur'an as a miracle. Both Rashid Reza in the al-Minar exegesis and Ayatollah Makarim in the Nimouneh exegesis have paid close attention to this miraculous aspect of the Qur'an. However, looking through these exegeses shows that the allegorical view of the al-Minar toward some Qur'anic stories may bring about the rejection of the reality of some Qur'anic stories. In contrary, in the Nemouneh exegesis the reality of all of the Qur'anic stories has been borne out through many reasons and examples. According to Makarim, the allegorical view of Qur'anic stories stands in contrast to the guiding aim of the Qur'an.
