Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Re-reading the discussion place of mystics in the interpretation of verses 12 and 23 of Surah A'raf (based on selected mystical prose texts from the 4th to 10th centuries AH)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Seyed Saeid Ahmadpour Moghadam 1
HoseinAli Ghobadi 2
Maryam Ghobadi 3
Saeed Bozorg Bigdeli 4
1 PhD student of Persian language and literature, faculty of literature, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
2 . Professor of the Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant professor Qur'an and Hadith Studies Department, Research Institute of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
4 Associate Professor Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/iscw.2025.2032105.1066
Abstract
The deep and multi-layered semantic capabilities of the Holy Quran appear from the smallest units of the text, i.e. words or even letters, to larger units, including the overall structure of one or more SURAH. Different interpretations of the Qur'an, each in their own way, have tried to find these capabilities in each of the mentioned units and in connections and correspondences between them.
The present study, considering the semantic correspondence between the Quranic verses (A'raf/12) and (A'raf/23), where the first one is Satan and the second one is Adam and Eve addressed to the Almighty God, it aims to analyze the level of attention of mystical interpretations to this correspondence, as one of the most key and pivotal situations in the interpretation of the story of the creation of Adam (PBUH). For this purpose, the sources of mystical texts from the 4th to the 10th century AH. A. have been investigated in order to find the cases in which the mentioned semantic correspondence is a means of presenting an interpreted idea. Finally, 9 interpretation ideas were found in 3 mystical texts, which based on this semantic correspondence, have expressed mystical teachings in the form of creating moral dualities of good and evil.
Keywords
Surah Al-A'
raf
mystical interpretation
Prophet Adam (PBUH)
Satan
The story of creation
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  • Receive Date 12 June 2024
  • Revise Date 01 March 2025
  • Accept Date 27 February 2025
  • First Publish Date 27 February 2025
  • Publish Date 19 February 2025