An Investigation of Encounter with Modern Western Civilization in the Rational-Social Approach of Tafsir al-Manar and Tafsir al-Mizan

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Najafi Muhammad Javad; Heydari Nusrat Abadi Zuhreh

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Journal: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE TAFSIR STUDIES Year:2020 | Volume:5 | Issue:2 (10) Page(s): 197-220

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An Investigation of Encounter with Modern Western Civilization in the Rational-Social Approach of Tafsir al-Manar and Tafsir al-Mizan

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Najafi Muhammad Javad | Heydari Nusrat Abadi Zuhreh | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

Tafsir (Exegesis)

al-Manar

al-Mizan

Western Civilization

Rational-Social Approach

Abstract

The Rational-Social Approach to the exegesis of the Qur’ an has emerged within the recent two centuries in the context of challenges originating from the encounter of Muslim societies with the modern Western Civilization in the age of recession. Social Tafsir is an exegesis with functional approach aimed at processing a potent image of Islam for the development of society wherever and whenever possible. The encounter with new Western Civilization as a notable background for the emergence of social Tafsir has a decent place in the attitude of a social Mufassir (commentator) in order to represent an efficient and active image of Islamic knowledge. This approach has had various reflections in al-Manar as a social exegesis and al-Mizan as one of the most significant examples of this trend. The present research study conducted by descriptive analysis aims to explore the approach of the above-mentioned great books to modern Western Civilization and its effects on the exegetical approach. It is also attempted to explain the reflection of this encounter in the above books based on the ideological views of their great authors and exegetical evidences. al-Manar attempts to represent an intellectual image of Islam and integrates the Qur’ anic teaching with Western Civilization so that it is inclined to the empirical and self-sufficient reason and materialistic perception of metaphysical facts. In making a compatibility between Islamic Ahkam and western norms, al-Manar has even left similar Tafsirs behind; however, al-Mizan which relies on genuine reason regards religious cognition as more important than sufficient reason. In its social approach, this exegetical book has a profound insight and considers the foundation of the current Western Civilization in contrast with Islamic foundation. Furthermore, compared to the defensive and responsive approach of al-Manar, Tafsir al-Mizan criticizes the intellectual outcomes of Western Civilization to resolve the challenges of Islamic Ahkam. It is concluded that al-Mizan has been more successful in its attempts to process a powerful, efficient, and active image of Islam against modern Western Civilization.

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Najafi, Muhammad Javad, & Heydari Nusrat Abadi, Zuhreh. (2020). An Investigation of Encounter with Modern Western Civilization in the Rational-Social Approach of Tafsir al-Manar and Tafsir al-Mizan. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE TAFSIR STUDIES, 5(2 (10) ), 197-220. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/366754/en

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Najafi Muhammad Javad, Heydari Nusrat Abadi Zuhreh. An Investigation of Encounter with Modern Western Civilization in the Rational-Social Approach of Tafsir al-Manar and Tafsir al-Mizan. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE TAFSIR STUDIES[Internet]. 2020;5(2 (10) ):197-220. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/366754/en

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Muhammad Javad Najafi, and Zuhreh Heydari Nusrat Abadi, “An Investigation of Encounter with Modern Western Civilization in the Rational-Social Approach of Tafsir al-Manar and Tafsir al-Mizan,” JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE TAFSIR STUDIES, vol. 5, no. 2 (10) , pp. 197–220, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/366754/en

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