دراسة تحليلية تطبيقية في مقاصد : سورة التوبة و تداعياتها

Abstract EN

This study examines certain mechanisms and means to reveal the purposes of the Qur’anic surahs and demonstrate the importance thereof, e.g.

to give due consideration to the names of the surahs, understand and recognize the surrounding circumstances and conditions of the revelation of the surahs and detect their most prominent topics and axes etc.

it also deals with the application of such paths to Surat at-Tawbah in order to reach the fact that the main purpose of this sūrah is repentance.

this refutes many of the suspicions aroused about Surat at-Tawbah and its verses, especially that which is known as the sword verse (’Ayatussayf).

the study comes up with many results, including the importance of following the mechanisms and paths that contribute to reaching a correct discretionary inference of the purposes of the sūrah in light of the general purposes of the holy Qur’an such as monotheism, self-purification and urbanism.

the study also emphasizes the necessity of reviewing the deliberations and comments of many old and recent interpreters about the purposes of the Qur’anic Surahs, especially those of al-anfal and at-Tawbah Surahs, given the exaggerated and distorted interpretations of both sūrahs.

these interpretations corrupt the intended meanings of the verses which call man to struggle against his lower self, purify it and purge it of sins, and to promote the values of Islam such as justice, tolerance and respect for human dignity rather than to fight and force people to embrace Islam as alleged by such recurring groundless interpretations.