Islamic exegesis

E163984

Islamic science Qur’anic studies discipline interpretive practice religious scholarship

Islamic exegesis is the scholarly interpretation and commentary on the Qur’an that explains its meanings, contexts, and legal and theological implications.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic exegesis (tafsir)	2
Islamic exegesis canonical	1
Quranic exegesis	1
Qur’anicExegesis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1433578 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Islamic exegesis
Context triple: [Meccan surahs, usedIn, Islamic exegesis]

A. Islamic kalam
Islamic kalam is a tradition of rational theological discourse in Islam that uses philosophical argumentation to clarify and defend Islamic beliefs.
B. Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
C. Tafsir of the Torah
Tafsir of the Torah is Saadia Gaon’s influential 10th-century Arabic translation and commentary on the Hebrew Bible, foundational for medieval Jewish philosophy and exegesis.
D. Isma'ili jurisprudence
Isma'ili jurisprudence is the distinctive body of Islamic legal thought and practice developed by Isma'ili Shi'a Muslims, notably systematized under the Fatimid Caliphate and grounded in the authority of the living Imam and esoteric interpretation.
E. Hermeneutics and Criticism
Hermeneutics and Criticism is Friedrich Schleiermacher’s foundational work that systematizes the theory and practice of interpretation, especially of biblical and classical texts, and is considered a cornerstone of modern hermeneutics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Islamic exegesis
Target entity description: Islamic exegesis is the scholarly interpretation and commentary on the Qur’an that explains its meanings, contexts, and legal and theological implications.

A. Islamic kalam
Islamic kalam is a tradition of rational theological discourse in Islam that uses philosophical argumentation to clarify and defend Islamic beliefs.
B. Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
C. Tafsir of the Torah
Tafsir of the Torah is Saadia Gaon’s influential 10th-century Arabic translation and commentary on the Hebrew Bible, foundational for medieval Jewish philosophy and exegesis.
D. Isma'ili jurisprudence
Isma'ili jurisprudence is the distinctive body of Islamic legal thought and practice developed by Isma'ili Shi'a Muslims, notably systematized under the Fatimid Caliphate and grounded in the authority of the living Imam and esoteric interpretation.
E. Hermeneutics and Criticism
Hermeneutics and Criticism is Friedrich Schleiermacher’s foundational work that systematizes the theory and practice of interpretation, especially of biblical and classical texts, and is considered a cornerstone of modern hermeneutics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic science ⓘ Qur’anic studies discipline ⓘ interpretive practice ⓘ religious scholarship ⓘ
addresses	abrogation (naskh) in the Qur’an ⓘ ambiguous verses (mutashābihāt) ⓘ legal verses (āyāt al-aḥkām) ⓘ narratives of prophets ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify historical context of revelation ⓘ derive legal rulings from the Qur’an ⓘ explain meanings of Qur’anic verses ⓘ expound theological doctrines ⓘ
analyzes	Qur’anic rhetoric ⓘ Qur’anic syntax ⓘ Qur’anic vocabulary ⓘ
developedIn	early Islamic centuries ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Islamic law ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an
hasArabicName	Tafsīr ⓘ
hasMethod	legal exegesis ⓘ literary and rhetorical exegesis ⓘ mystical or Sufi exegesis ⓘ narrative-based exegesis (tafsīr bi’l-maʾthūr) ⓘ reason-based exegesis (tafsīr bi’l-raʾy) ⓘ theological exegesis ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī ⓘ Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ⓘ Tafsīr al-Jalālayn ⓘ Tafsīr al-Mīzān ⓘ Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī ⓘ Tafsir al-Tabari ⓘ surface form: Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī ⓘ al-Manār Tafsīr ⓘ
hasSubfield	Shiʿi Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ Sufi Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ Sunni Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ modernist Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
influences	Islamic creed (ʿaqīda) ⓘ Islamic ethics ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
isPracticedBy	Muslim scholars ⓘ mufassirūn ⓘ
languageOfScholarship	Arabic ⓘ
relatedTo	Qur’anic hermeneutics ⓘ ʿUlūm al-Qur’an (Qur’anic sciences) ⓘ
usesSource	Arabic language and grammar ⓘ Hadith ⓘ Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an opinions of early Muslim scholars ⓘ reports about reasons of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl) ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meccan surahs → usedIn → Islamic exegesis ⓘ

Usul al-fiqh → influencedBy → Islamic exegesis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quranic exegesis

righteousServantOfAllah → hasDomain → Islamic exegesis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qur’anicExegesis

Musa and Khidr → usedIn → Islamic exegesis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic exegesis (tafsir)

Quran 29:69 → citedIn → Islamic exegesis ⓘ