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.