The Mystical Interpretations of the Holy Quran

Usually, the Sufi interpretation of the Holy Koran is considered by the Muslim interpreters of formal sciences as being an interpretation based on Muslim interpreters’ personal point of views. In other words, the Sufi interpretation of the Holy Koran is Not at all based on any other approaches which are already accepted by the Muslim interpreters of Islamic formal sciences. Nevertheless, Islamic thinkers and scholars hold the view that the Sufi interpretation of the Holy Koran does, in deed, originate from a permissible and religious thoughts of the Sufi mystic interpreters.
Accordingly, we, in this survey, will first deal with the Sufi aspects of the Sufi interpretations of the Holy Koran and the relation of these Sufi aspects to the Koran’s abstruse nature and dimension. Second, we will define and clarify the term “Sufism” (Islamic mysticism), “the superficial aspect of the Holy Koran”, that is to say, the Koranic chapters and verses themselves, and “the Koran’s abstruse nature and dimension.” Third, we will concern with the different Sufi interpretations of the Holy Koran. Fourth, we will define and clarify the term “the Sufi interpretation of the Holy Koran, which enumerates the ways the Sufi interpretation differs from other interpretations of the Holy Koran.
And finally, we will introduce all kinds of the Sufi interpretations of the Holy Koran, some of the Sufi interpretations of the Holy Koran such as khadjeh Abdullah Ansari’s Sufi interpretation of the Holy Koran.
It is deeply hoped that those who are really interested in the Sufi interpretations of the Holy Koran as well as the related issues will find this survey appropriate and useful.

By: Dr. Saeed Ghazipour

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