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Ponte Academic Journal
Oct 2016, Volume 72, Issue 10

NOTES ON ASBAB AL-NUZUL: TREATISE OF M. QURAISH SHIHAB’S RULE

Author(s): ABUR HAMDI USMAN ,ABU ZAKI ISMAIL, Syarul Azman Shaharuddin

J. Ponte - Oct 2016 - Volume 72 - Issue 10
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2016.10.18



Abstract:
An analysis of popularity and respectability of the exegetical sub-genre asb?b al-nuz?l (occasions of revelation) in the Qur�an is usually regarded to be considered under the category of Qur�anic sciences, which is an intersection between exegesis and narration. With the tool of asb?b al-nuz?l, the exegetes obtain a structural rule that lets them supervise the verse. Furthermore, because of the problems attended upon taking a strictly historical view of asb?b al-nuz?l, Muslim scholars sometimes interpret an asb?b al-nuz?l to mean not an actual historical event, but any situation to which given Qur�anic verses might have application. Therefore, the aim of this study is to hunt a detailed inspection of rule of interpretation, which is related to asb?b al-nuz?l applied by M. Quraish Shihab (b. 1944), who was aprolific Indonesian exegete and his published works continue to exert a strong influence. Therefore, to arise a reasonably effortless question: what are the rules contracted to fulfil? When one knows about the asb?b al-nuz?l, it is still to be decided whether the revelation has a specific implication for the particular occasion it was connected with, or whether it is of a general implication and needs to be applied by Muslims at all times.
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