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Volume 12 (2023-2024)
Volume 11 (2022-2023)
Volume 10 (2021-2022)
Volume 9 (2020-2021)
Volume 8 (2019-2020)
Volume 7 (2018-2019)
Volume 6 (2017-2018)
Volume 5 (2016-2017)
Volume 4 (2015-2016)
Volume 3 (2014-2015)
Volume 2 (2013-2014)
Volume 1 (2012-2013)

 

Number of Volumes 13
Number of Issues 25
Number of Articles 248
Number of Contributors 438
Article View 911,249
PDF Download 302,654
View Per Article 3674.39
PDF Download Per Article 1220.38
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Number of Submissions 2,512
Acceptance Rate 4
Time to Accept (Days) 468
Number of Indexing Databases 8
Number of Reviewers 176

 

 

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Journal of Qur'anic Interpretation and language is an open access and peer-reviewed semiannual journal dedicated to the advancement of Quranic Studies, Interpretation, Language and Linguistics of Quran. Papers are subject to a double-blind peer review process to ensure the quality of their underlying research methodology and argument. 

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Bibliographic Information

  • Title: Journal of Qur'anic Interpretation and language 
    ISSN (Print): 2322-3804
  • ISSN (Print): 2538-614x
  • Coverage: Quranic Studies, Interpretation, Language and Linguistics of Quran
  • Language: Persian; including English abstracts and bibliographies
  • Start Year: Autumn Winter 2012-2013 
  • Frequency: Semiannual
  • Place of Publication: Iran
  • PublisherPayame Noor University
  • Status: Active
  • Refereed: Yes
  • Type of Access: Open Access (OA)
  • Type of License:   Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
  • Plagiarism Detection Software:  Hamyab
  • Type of Publication: Online submission, Free 
  • Full text access: Open Access
  • Revenue Sources: Institutional support, Donation
  • Type of Material: Serial (Periodical)

 

Quran Language
Narrative structure of Yusuf based on Claude Bermond's theory

Fafeme Jafarikamangar; Ramzanali Taghizadehchari

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.65731.3190

Abstract
  Structuralists with expressing the different characteristics of the narrative structures intend to discover the common traits of the stories and narratives. Claude Bermond is one of the Structuralists and narratologists who has presented his own model based on the sequences to understand the structure ...  Read More

Interpretation
A research on the meaning of "Sāmidūn" in the verse "Wa antum Sāmidūn" in interpretations and Persian and Latin translations.

mohammadali hemati; vafadar keshavarzi; mehdi abdollahipour

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 19-30

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2025.70159.3344

Abstract
  One of the words that commentators and Persian and Latin translators of the Qur'an disagree on is the word "Sāmidūn" (سامدون) in the verse "Wa antum Sāmidūn (وَ أَنْتُمْ سامِدُون) heedless, singing, playing games, arrogant, someone who stands waiting for the imam to come for ...  Read More

Quran Language
Examining the concepts of freedom and social justice in the Holy Quran and liberalism with critical discourse analysis

behzad moridi

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 31-44

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.71084.3373

Abstract
  Concepts in any language are a representation of the thought system and are related to meta-linguistic elements and reflect the context with heterogeneous social, political and cultural strains and are a sign of the interconnectedness and interaction of the linguistic and non-linguistic systems. Meanwhile, ...  Read More

Interpretation
Social Rights in the Letters of Imam Sadiq (AS) with an Intertextual Approach to the Holy Quran

AHMAD BAHRANI; moostfa managheb; rahmat ollah abdollahzadeh

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 45-62

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2025.71096.3374

Abstract
  The hadiths of the infallible Imams (peace be upon them) are their lasting legacy throughout the centuries. Among them, the hadiths of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) have taken up a larger share of these Shiite hadiths, given the openness that was provided after the era of the Umayyads and during the ...  Read More

Quran Language
Conceptualization of the two words revelation and call and investigation of their synonyms in the Qur'an

Mohammadreza Haji Esmaili Hosseinabadi; Davoud Esmaili Dehaqani; Marzieh Yazdianpoor

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 63-74

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.71669.3387

Abstract
  The two words revelation and call in the vocabulary and context of the verses of the Qur'an, with different uses, have an individual value and a special combination. Therefore, their correct translation and understanding depends on the understanding and awareness of the co-occurrence of words, the time ...  Read More

Interpretation
A Comparative Study of the Interpretation Rules of Mulla Fathullah Kashani and Aisha Bint Al-Shati

ali qazanfari; reihaneh pourkhalili; mostafa zarei

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 75-84

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.74144.3444

Abstract
  Recognizing the meanings and concepts of the verses of the Holy Quran requires observing specific rules and laws that the interpreter is required to know in order to be immune from errors and deviations in interpretation. Interpreters have rules specific to their approach in the matter of interpretation. ...  Read More

Interpretation
Critical Analysis of "Al-Tafsir Al-Asri Al-Jami" on the Verses of the Virtues of the Ahlul Bayt (AS)

pedram alimoradi; mahmoud vaezi

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 85-98

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.74683.3457

Abstract
  The commentary "Al-Jami" is written by Dr. Muhammad Abdul Sattar Al-Sayyid from Syria, who entered the field of writing in the midst of the changes in the country in recent years and is considered one of the most important contemporary commentaries in Syria. The author's claim of approximationist thought, ...  Read More

Interpretation
This research, employing a descriptive-analytical method with a comparative approach, provides an in-depth analysis of the fundamental exegetical controversy surrounding the term "Ya'rishun" in verse 7:137 of the Qur'an. Marking the climax of the con

Reza Mollazadeh; meisam shoaib

Volume 13, Issue 2 , August 2025, Pages 99-108

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2025.75445.3475

Abstract
  This research, using a descriptive-analytical and comparative method, analyzes the exegetical controversy of "Ya'rishun" in Qur'an 7:137. This verse, the climax of the Israelite-Pharaoh confrontation, concludes with a phrase impacting the representation of Pharaonic civilization and divine destruction ...  Read More