MAQĀṢIDI TAFSIR Uncovering and Presenting Maqāṣid Ilāhī-Qur’anī into Contemporary Context

Wijaya, Aksin and Muzammil, Shofiyullah (2021) MAQĀṢIDI TAFSIR Uncovering and Presenting Maqāṣid Ilāhī-Qur’anī into Contemporary Context. Al-Jāmi‘ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 59 (2). pp. 449-478. ISSN 0126-012X (p); 2356-0912 (e)

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Abstract

This writing discusses maqāṣidi tafsīr (the interpretation that represents God’s
intention). It endeavors to answer three questions: Firstly, what are models of
maqāṣidi tafsīr that are in circulation? Secondly, what are their strengths and
weaknesses? Thirdly, what are the true forms of maqāṣidi tafsīr? Historical
approach is employed to answer the first question, whereas critical hermeneutics
and philosophy are used to discussed the second and third questions. Using
the intellectual history, the process of the formation of maqāṣidi tafsīr will
be discovered; critical hermeneutics will uncover its strengths and weaknesses;
and new frameworks will be formulated for contemporary contexts using
philosophical hermeneutics. It is expected from this writing that maqāṣidi tafsīr
will remain theologically, epistemologically and hermeneutically well-established
so that it will be considered as one of alternative approaches in the Quranic
studies. Three conclusions are drawn from this writing: firstly, maqāṣidi tafsīr
is in the process of becoming a theory for studying the Qur’an. Secondly,
maqāṣidi tafsīr does have strength and weaknesses. It originates from Islamic
tradition, and becomes a kind of alternative-moderate between two extreme
tafsīrs: textual and liberal-substantialist. Still, it is not yet well-established
in term of theology, epistemology and hermeneutics. Third, maqāṣidi tafsīr
combines three approaches in locating what God wants in the Quran, because
it is not only textual, ideal-moral, but also spiritual-substantial.

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