Analysis and Criticism of Gabriel Sawma's views in the Book “The Quran: Misinterpreted Misrtranslated and Misread, The Aramaic Language of The Quran”

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Authors

1 Associate Professor of the University of Science and Knowledge of the Holy Quran

2 3rd Level Student of Al-Zahra Seminary School

Abstract

The term “general spirit” of the Holy Quran is based on the concept proposed by Amina Wadud, a neo-Muslim of African-American origin. Shee believes that the verses of the Holy Quran should be interpreted based on this basis; because the general spirit and supreme goal of the Holy Quran have been gender equality. After presenting its solutions and methods in understanding the verses of the Holy Quran and reaching a bottleneck, the movement of returning to the Quran has chosen this basis to maintain and continue its movement. This stream analyzes the Quran based on hermeneutic-historical approaches and believes in the fluidity of the meaning of each word or verse based on the historical-cultural conditions of the reader of the text. The basis of the general spirit is the basis of the hermeneutic-historical method, which has not been seriously disputed so far. This article, which was written with a documentary method and a descriptive-analytical approach, deals with two main criticisms in terms of the ineffectiveness of this basis in the interpretation of the verses of the Holy Quran and its hermeneutic presuppositions and its triple consequences in the process of interpretation. The consequences of this basis include the separation of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah, the inadequacy of the Sunnah in expressing the meanings of the verses of the Holy Quran, the belief in the historicity of the Quran, and the absence of an objective and stable understanding of the Holy Quran

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  • Receive Date: 13 April 2022
  • Revise Date: 27 June 2022
  • Accept Date: 03 November 2022

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