Understanding The Unity Of The Quranic Text: A Theoritical Framework Based On Maqasid
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Maqasid, al-Tafsir al-Maqasidi, Maqasid Unity, Thematic Unity, CoherenceAbstract
In Quranic studies, thematic unity is a popular approach to understand the Qur'an. Grouping verses with related concepts together ultimately produces a unified thematic framework. Boosting this framework, another concept, namely Maqasid al-Quran (higher purposes of the Quran), has emerged in contemporary Quranic studies. Purposes (maqasid) of the Quran serve as the foundation for a broader thematic unity in the Quran because purpose (Maqsad) could communicate with different themes in the form of mechanisms (wasa’il) and make them one single thematic unit. Hence, it could be potentially greater than a single theme. In addition, in the purposive (maqasidi) framework of thematic unity, different themes typically assist and validate one another. This article explains the use of Maqasid and their wasa’il (means) to establish a purposive unity (al-wahdah al-maqasidiyyah) in the Qur'anic content. The article also comes out with a conceptual framework for Maqasid unity in the Quran.
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