Quranic Readings; from the Literary Approach to the Tradtional Approach: a Comparative study of Quranic Readings in the Maʾāni al-Qurʾān by al-Farrā’ and Maʾāni al-Qurʾān by al-Zajjāj

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Elaheh Shahpasand ¹

1 - Assistant Professor in Quran and Tafsir, Mashhad Faqulty of Quranic Sciences, University of Quranic Sciences, Mashhad. Iran.

Received: 2018-09-19 Accepted : 2019-08-28 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Reading, tradition, Zajjāj, Ibn Mas’ūd, Hadīth, The Redaction of The Manuscript, Farrā’,

Abstract :

In the transition from the third century to the fourth century, we are witnessing a change in the approach of the Scholars towards the Quranic readings. The Quranic readings, which were previously used as a literary tool and with the least of limitations, at the beginning of the fourth century, relied on the use of traditional patterns and used numerous instruments of authentication for the hadith. This paper presents one of the evidences of this change of approach, comparing two “maani al-Quran”s, one of them by Farra and of the early third century, and the other by Zajjaj, which belonged to the early fourth century, and concluded that Farra, who in The period of prevalence of rationalism and moderate temperament has lived, in addition to semantic use, has used Quranic readings as a means to advance its literary debates. But Zajjaj that lived during the time of the Dominant of the Ashab al-hadith and itself belongs to this way of thinking considers the Quranic reading to be a "tradition," and in all its interactions with the readings, is affected by the “Sunnah” as a key term