المنهج القرآني في التعامل مع الأخبار

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This research paper aims primarily at determining the Quranic approach to narration, using academically correct methodology.

Towards that end, this researcher used the inferential approach based on the holy Quranic verses to determine the optimal way to apply such narratives to real life.

This research arrived at several conclusions, the most significant of which is that Quranic narratives fully satisfy man’s natural curiosity as well as serve as a lesson and an example to be emulated thereby if positive or avoided thereby if such lessons and examples are negative.

Quranic narratives, while including successful experiences on the individual and social levels also includes narratives that incriminate those who disseminate disputes, instill doubts, spread destructive rumors and defeatism, incite unrest, or attempt to undermine national stability or disrupt the nation’s unity, as well as narratives that warn against sowing the seeds of corruption or discord or committing sacrilege.

The holy Quran further stresses that the interpretation of Quranic narratives should be undertaken by knowledgeable scholars, while enjoining believers to ensure the veracity and certainty of any interpretation of Qur’anic narratives and discard any interpretation that is based upon speculation or where the interpreter thereof is suspected of mendacity or contradiction.

The interpretation of any Qur’anic narrative should not be accepted or should even be totally rejected if its authenticity or otherwise can’t be fully ascertained.

This researcher further recommends that hard and fast criteria should be developed through thorough academic study and in depth research for the differentiation between the correct and erroneous interpretations and the extent to which any given interpretation is consistent with the approach of both the Quran and the prophet and whether or not it is correctly applicable to real life.