10.4225/03/59151b71815dc Nelly Lahoud Nelly Lahoud Some Aspects of Islamic Allegory Monash University 2017 Qur'an scripture Sufism Arabic language allegoresis Ghazâlî Literary Studies not elsewhere classified 2017-05-12 02:18:24 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Some_Aspects_of_Islamic_Allegory/4929917 his paper explores the interplay between the literal sense of the <i>Qur’ãn</i> and the various allegorical interpretations (<i>ta’wîl</i>) of many of its verses. It draws on the esoteric and the exoteric interpretations the Scripture lends itself to.