نشریه قرآن و علم
پیاپی 3 (پاییز و زمستان 1387)

This article is a result of specialized session of recognition of meanings and methodology of Spiritual cultivation exegesis of the Quran. The scholars presented at this scientific session confirmed that Spiritual cultivation exegesis is contained a vast spectrum of ethical comprehensions and spiritual from Quran (including: ethical lessons of the verses, presumption of ethical system from Quran, and moral actions in the Quran). In different type of Spiritual cultivation exegesis, the recruitment of ethical science in understanding of verses and giving ideas based on these verses, and also comparing of findings of ethical science with the Quran and in case of the last one the danger of interpretation according to ones own opinion are mentioned. Then the two ordinal methods (chronological order and order of the text) and subject matter with four internal, external Quranic method (which is also a method suggested by Shahed Sadr), subject matter and comparative Quranic methods is suggested.

Quran is an endless sea in which the scholars have looked from different angel and have analyzed its verses. This attention to the Quran is so great that without any exaggeration one can say that no Book has been subjected to analysis and interpretation in such magnitude. In spite of this vast consideration, the main objective of the Quran which is the guidance of human being, unfortunately this has been ignored and up till now it has not been considered from this specific point of view. This article deals with this matter and has tired to analyze the realm of Spiritual cultivation exegesis and two main ideas have been argued in this regard. At the end the author has come to this conclusion that every single verse of the Quran can be interpreted from the ethical point of view and has given 3 reasons for this claim.

The holy Quran is the most important source and reference of education and ethics. Quran has preserved its moral role and has enlightened the heart of people and has guided them towards perfection. Therefore the holy Quran has a deep relation with education and ethics. It is a must to look at the Quran from an ethical perspective and offer the interpretation which is towards this direction. This essay is an effort to explain the method of Spiritual cultivation exegesis of holy Quran. Therefore this article is offering some of the effective methods in the ethical interpretation field. The ordinal and subject matter which is the famous method (also called Shaheed Sadr method), the comparative and composite method, stages and rules of compilation of spiritual cultivation exegesis are among the subjects which have been assessment in this article.

In the beginning of this essay, different opinions regarding comprehensiveness of Quran (relation of Quran with science) has been briefly assessed. The opinion which is emphasizing the instructive objectivity of Quran is accepted. Later, the background and short history of scientific exegesis and brief criticism of the ethical interpretations of “Mr Anwar Albaz” and “Mr Hasan Mirza Khani” have been discussed.In the section related to pathology of Spiritual cultivation exegesis Quran, four parts have been evaluated: Pathology of interpreters, fundamentals, methodology and sources of spiritual cultivation exegesis.

he objective of Quran is to save human beings from the darkness of ignorance and shortcomings and guide him towards knowledge and light. This is an ethical mission and Quran practice this strategy gradually.Quran was revealed within 23 years but the Quran in its present day format has not been compiled on the basis of chronological order. Therefore in order to discover the ethical method of Quran and ethical system of Islam, it is a must to research about the gradual revelation of Quran on the basis historical narrations. Through this method the Quranic ethical system will be discovered and made compatible with new proofs in the new age.

The author in this article after mentioning the importance of Spiritual cultivation exegesis, its short history, and its methods and rules has presented its writing style and has mentioned Sura Fatiha as an example, in three parts. Firstly he has given a general picture of the sura (including letters, virtues and aims) and in the second part the general interpretation of the sura has been discussed and in the third part ethical matters has been explained including nine Spiritual cultivation methods (the method of indirect infusion, giving example, encouragement, warning, collection, comparison, reasoning, inclination toward mercy, and direct relation between teacher and student) and eight Spiritual cultivation dimension (ethical, spiritual, ideological, worship, social, political, logical, emotional, and economical) and two Spiritual cultivation goals which includes eight sections. At the end the messages and the lessons of this sura has been discussed according the arrangement of the verses.

The author of this article is trying to explain the most important basis of ethical exegesis of glorious Quran because one cannot start to collect any kind of exegesis unless after determining the basis on which it lies. So in the beginning the literal and idiomatic definition and different types of fundamentals have been explained. Then the author also has tried to collect and compare the basis of exegesis with the fundamentals of Islamic spiritual cultivation exegesis in the Quran. Then he has given the specific basis on this issue with Quranic evidence.

An interpreter of the verses of the holy Quran must recognized and used the tools, rules and methods of interpretation in order to achieve the main objective of the verses of the holy Quran.The rules of the interpretation are different due to the fact that the academic abilities, beliefs and cultural backgrounds of interpreters are different. This article will give a definition to the rules of spiritual cultivation interpretation and its difference from the rules and principles of ethical sciences.The researcher has also given the examples of the interpretation rules which can be used for spiritual cultivation exegesis.

The issue of the spiritual cultivation is a very important issue which has a great impact on the individual as well as family and society.Therefore the different manmade philosophical schools of thoughts like capitalism, Marxism, pragmatism, idealism, existentialism in giving persuading views and cultivate ideas had over taken from each other.We believe that Islam is superior then all these manmade ideologies. Therefore in this article an effort has been made and method of spiritual cultivation through out the verses of the Quran. Among these characteristics we can name the divinity of the beginning and end of the world, steadfastness, and balance. In this article the inductive of spiritual cultivate methods in the Quran has been discussed. The most important of these methods are: the method of making example, guidance and sermon, telling stories, and the method of dramatizing.Moreover, ways of comparing these methods with the verses of the Quran have also been explained.