Case Study and History of the Idea on Testaments Distortion in Mystical Comments of the Quran

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Parviz Rastgar ¹ , Hosein Heidari ² , Peyman Kamalvand ³

1 - دانشیار گروه علوم قرآن و حدیث دانشگاه کاشان، کاشان، ایران. نویسنده مسئول: p.rastegar@ kashanu.ac.ir
2 - دانشیار گروه ادیان و عرفان دانشگاه کاشان، کاشان، ایران.
3 - دانش آموخته دکتری علوم قرآن و حدیث دانشگاه کاشان، کاشان، ایران.

Received: 2020-07-25 Accepted : 2020-07-25 Published : 2020-07-22

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Abstract :

The testaments, as the holy books of Jews and Christians, due to some verses in the Quran, have been considered by Muslim interpreters over and over, and every one of them has paid their own attention according to their own approach, dealing with them from different aspects. In this regard, due to the difference of approaches by mystics in interpreting the Quran and the mysterious aspects of the Quran and their paraphrasing approaches toward the holy book, the investigation and case study of this idea in the mystical interpretation could open new horizons for the Quran researchers. To this end, the paper tries to collect and first hand information and data on a library study method with a focus on the two areas of lexicology and historical study based on the available historical approach together with descriptive solution regardless of the philosophical presuppositions, dealing with the case study of dialogues on the testaments distortion within mystical interpretations. This paper concludes by the process and analysis of acquired information that first there was nothing talked about the distortion of the testaments in mystical interpretations up to the late fourth century. It appears that the originality of the testaments was dominant on mystical interpretations until the late fourth century. Second, this belief initiated in the fifth century with Qashirieh’s notion on the distortion of the testaments after whom this notion has been explained in the two types of spiritual and verbal ones under the verses concerning the testaments distortions in majority of interpretations.