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Volume 13 (2024-2025)
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 14
Number of Issues 27
Number of Articles 270
Number of Contributors 472
Article View 976,387
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Number of Submissions 2,532
Acceptance Rate 4
Time to Accept (Days) 480
Number of Indexing Databases 8
Number of Reviewers 175

 

 

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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)

 

Interpretation
Analyzing the concept of permission in the Holy Quran and examining its role in the effect of vehicles by looking at the opinions of the commentators of the Holy Quran

seyed jalal razavizadegan

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 1-12

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.61414.3043

Abstract
  Looking at the world of creation, we see that all of God's creatures are somehow effective in the universe and also affect each other, but with a monotheistic view, it becomes clear that not all of them are unnecessarily great in their work. In other words, everything they do is by the permission of ...  Read More

Quran Language
Analyzing the role of audience characteristics in the formation of interpretive differences

hamidreza fahimitabar; fateme badiee

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 13-26

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.63144.3122

Abstract
  ABSTRACTthe main principles in common conversation and the rational principles of text, note that contextual and text is divided into text, contextual understanding is considered in context of context, space and geographical context in which the text is formed. including the evidence that plays a special ...  Read More

Interpretation
Repetition of death in heaven; A new look at the Qur'anic concept of "Mote al-Awali"

mohammad taghi ghaderi rahaghi

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 27-38

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.67430.3248

Abstract
  The concept of "death" has long been of special interest to philosophers, mystics, theologians, and commentators, both Muslim and non-Muslim. Topics such as the necessity, types, quality & the cause of death, have been raised by them, and each group has addressed it based on its own theoretical and ...  Read More

Interpretation
نقش داستان حضرت‌سلیمان(ع) بر تثبیت‌قلب‌پیامبر(ص) براساس سوره‌نمل

khadijeh AHMADI BIGHASH; azadeh rezaii

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 39-52

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.70353.3355

Abstract
  The gradual revelation of the verses of the Holy Quran has led to the continuous strengthening and support of the heart and soul of the Prophet (PBUH). According to verse 120 of Surah Hud, the narration of the Quranic stories of the divine prophets at each stage was designed with the aim of stabilizing ...  Read More

Quran Language
Rhetorical Functions of Interpretive Conjunction (ʿAṭf al‑Tafsīr) in the Discursive Structure of the Qur’an

ahmad omidvar

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 53-70

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.71231.3375

Abstract
  Understanding the language of the Holy Quran and its linguistic phenomena is one of the main components of discovering its meanings. One of the most widely used linguistic terms in the interpretations of the Holy Qur'an is the inflection of the interpretation, which has not been properly introduced and ...  Read More

Quran Language
Examining and explaining the content coherence of the verses containing the adjective "Khabir". Using thematic analysis method

Nafiseh Azarbayejani; Elham Parnian

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 71-90

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.72749.3408

Abstract
  word and phrase in the Quran is precisely placed, and none can be substituted. The attribute "Khabeer" (All-Aware) is one of the divine attributes mentioned in 45 verses of the Quran, signifying an awareness of the essence of things, secrets, intentions, etc. This study seeks to answer whether a meaningful ...  Read More

Interpretation
An examination of the nature of revelation in the eyes of Fazlur Rahman Malik

sadeq vahedi; MOHAMMADHASAN SANEIPUR; Mohammad Nasehi; Leila sadat Moraveji

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 91-104

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.75240.3470

Abstract
  Fazlur Rehman Malik is one of the contemporary Quran scholars whose thoughts on Quranic topics, especially revelation, have been controversial. Regarding revelation, the theory of "dictations of revelation" is the most accepted theory; however, in Fazlur Rehman Malik's understanding of revelation, there ...  Read More

Interpretation
Revisiting the Typology of Qur’anic Context (Siyaq) from a Qur’anological Perspective and Its Application in the Narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt (Peace Be Upon Them)

Seyede Fateme Nikookar; abbas esmaeelizadeh

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 105-118

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.76211.3490

Abstract
  Abstract As one of the foundational principles in understanding and interpreting the Qur’an, siyaq (context) has gained significant scholarly attention in Qur’anic studies. From the earliest centuries, this concept was examined through discussions on coherence (nazm) and thematic harmony ...  Read More

Quran Language
Critical Discourse Analysis of the Story of Prophet Yunus (AS) in Quranic Culture Based on Norman Fairclough's Theory

Ezzat Molla Ebrahimi; Nahideh Ghader

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 119-130

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.76275.3492

Abstract
  Critical discourse analysis, as one of the new approaches in interdisciplinary studies, focuses on the inseparable connection between language and society, and provides the possibility of analyzing the hidden layers of texts. By crossing the boundaries of mere linguistic analysis, this approach explores ...  Read More

Quran Language
Analysis of the semantic field of "Hope" in the Holy Quran (A reading based on structural semantics)

Erfan Chehri

Volume 14, Issue 1 , December 2025, Pages 131-144

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.76636.3500

Abstract
  The present study, using a descriptive-analytical method and within the theoretical framework of structural semantics, focuses on the ideas of Toshihiko Izutsu (1914-1993), and analyzes the lexical field of "hope and hope" in the Holy Quran. By focusing on the structural relationships of the word "raja" ...  Read More

The role of paying attention to the "coincidence of Quranic themes" in explaining the connection between the verse of completion and the first verses of Surah Al-Ma'idah

mahdieh dehghani ghanatghestani; abdalhadie feghhizade

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 June 2026

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.76330.3494

Abstract
  The vast majority of Muslim scholars believe that the order of verses in the surahs of the Quran is fixed, and therefore they generally believe in the necessity of a wise connection between the verses in their sequence in the surahs. However, the belief in the existence of a connection between consecutive ...  Read More

“Tatfīf” in the Quran: A Semantic-Structural Analysis and Conceptual Extension to the Double Standard Behavioral Pattern

Nabi Allah sadrifar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 June 2026

https://doi.org/10.30473/quran.2026.77671.3520

Abstract
  This study examines the concept of Tatfīf in the Holy Quran through an interdisciplinary-interpretive approach, employing semantic-structural analysis and the principle of Jarayan al-Maʿnā (semantic continuity). The central research question asks whether Tatfīf is confined exclusively to short-weighting ...  Read More