A Study of the Term “Mobhamāt” in Quranic Sciences Considering its Lexical, Syntactic and Linguistic Meaning

An issue entitled “mobhamāt al-Quran” has been raised in the books of Quranic sciences. In dealing with this issue, researchers have used some words which inadvertently make the Quran and its words seem to be vague. In this study, following an examination of the meaning of the word “mobham” in philology, linguistics, Arabic syntax and comparing them with the meaning of “mobham” in Quranic sciences, it was found out that, in some cases, the meaning of “mobham” in Quranic sciences matches its definition in syntax. A study of the stream of scholars' definitions of “mobham” in Quranic sciences reveals that the phrase “the unclear terms of the Quran” has been used in them. Also, “the interpretation of mobhamāt al-Quran” does not refer to the interpretation of the ambiguous words of the Quran, butthe nouns not mentioned in the Quran have been called “mobhamāt”, and mentioning them has been termed “the interpretation of mobhamāt al-Quran”. It has also been revealed that dealing with “mobhamāt al-Quran” is not in contradiction with the explanatory and illustrative nature of the Quran, and ambiguity in this discipline does not mean that the words of the Quran are vague. Therefore, it is suggested that instead of using the term “mobhamāt” in Persian, the phrase “the nouns not clearly mentioned in the Quran” be used to avoid misunderstanding the intent of this discipline and confusion between lexical, morphological and linguistic definitions of the word “mobham” and its definition in Quranic sciences, as is seen in some of the later books.