Quran and Hadith Studies
Typology of Allegorical Interpretive Narrations: From Theory to Implementation
Document Type : Research Article
Author
Assistant Professor of Theology, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
10.30497/qhs.2025.246130.3942
Abstract
Typology is a field of study that has garnered increased attention in the contemporary era due to the expansion of science. Despite the numerous works written in recent decades on the typology of allegorical interpretive narrations, there has been no independent research that has studied such narrations from this perspective. This research adopts a deductive-inductive approach to investigate allegorical interpretative narrations and aims to present a model based on typological principles to categorize these narrations. The model classifies narrations into six types based on the type of referencing: "Reference to the conceptual origin," "Reference to the conceptual end," "Reference to the conceptual example," "Reference to the external origin," "Reference to the external end," and "Reference to the external example." The research demonstrates the functional validity of the proposed model by providing examples for each type. Furthermore, scrutinizing and critiquing prominent views on the interpretation of the Qur'an, it establishes that the presented model offers a more comprehensive and explanatory framework for describing and analyzing interpretative narrations.
Keywords
- Typology of Narrations
- Allegorical Interpretation of the Qur'
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- Narrative Interpretation
- Allegorical Interpretative Narrations
- Esoteric Narrations
Main Subjects
The Holy Quran.
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