Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• saied aminaie ¹
• mehrab Sadeghnia ²

¹ university of Qom

² Faculty member of the University of Religions and denominations

Abstract

After translating philosophical texts to Arabic language and the entrance of philosophy to the Islamic society, some refused the philosophy as a foreign knowledge which not only is not compatible with religion, but as well stands against it occasionally. Philosophers for standing against these objections tried to show philosophy not only has no opposition against religion, but also we can prove many religious teachings by philosophy. With this motivation, they gradually enter the philosophical point of view for interpreting Quran and claimed Quran has underneath layers that are trying to transfer deep meanings and compatible with the understanding of knowledgeable men that these meanings can only be discovered by philosophy. Their point of view about interpretation and philosophical interpretations has had some opponents that has criticized that from different aspects. One of these aspects is studying the consequences of this approach. We can point out some of these consequences including semantic change in quranic words, tending toward interpretations contrary to appearances, ignoring emotional and feeling elements in Quran, falling away from Quran main target( guidance and self-purification); showing understanding of Quran difficult and the necessity for other references in order to understand Quran.

Keywords

• Philosophical interpretation
• Interpretation of the Quran
• Ta'vil
• The language of the Quran. The relationship between religion and philosophy