Quran and Hadith Studies‎

Psychological Interpretation of the Qurānic Statement "Fa firrū ilā Allāh"

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. student in Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Psychological understanding of a religious text explains its concepts based on the psychological approach. This type of understanding can be related to the psychological interpretation intended by Amīn al-Khūlī, as one of the components of the literary school of interpretation of the Holy Qurān. The lack of concrete and objective understanding and satidfied with the abstract points in the interpretation of the verse " So flee to God: Fa-firrū ilā Allāh " has caused its concepts to be out of the scope of application in human life. In order to apply the mentioned Qurānic statement and provide its psychological interpretation,the present research has been formed by using two "methods of psychological understanding of a single text" and "methods of research on the concepts of a verse in the light of Sūrah". In the context of the verses of the holy Sūrah al-Dhāriyāt, attention to the statement "Fa-firrū ilā Allāh" represents the problem of "the type of encounter with the truths of the world" for humans. Based on the findings, humans can face two types of truths in the world; authentic and divine encounter with a specific pattern of insight, tendency and action; And the non-authentic and non-divine encounter that includes a different pattern of insight, tendency and action. Based on the recommendation in the verse, the authentic and divine encounter is the promise of "salvation and liberation" for humans, and based on that, the theoretical model of "Salvation and Liberation" is explained.

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The Holy Qurʾan.          
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Quran and Hadith Studies‎
Volume 18, Issue 2 - Serial Number 36
March 2025
Pages 141-164