OUTLOOK ON MIRACLES IN TAFSEER AL-MANAR

Year 2017, Issue: 39, 141 - 167, 29.12.2017

Celil Kiraz

Abstract

In their famous Qur’anic interpretation Tafseer
al-Manar, Muhammad Abduh and
Rashid Rida stated that miracles exist theoretically within possibility and
just like other Islamic scholars, they also accepted some miracles based on
some evidences such as some statements in Qur’anic verses. However, they did
not refrain from glossing some miracles in various forms that are considered as
miracles by most of the other commentators of
the Qur’an. Thus, they exhibited an ambivalent approach to miracles. The
most important reason underlying this is that they were probably affected by
philosophical movements such as Rationalism and Positivism, which have become a
dominant thought during the period they lived in.

Keywords

Tafseer al-Manar, Muhammad Abduh, Rashid Rida, miracle, Rationalism, Positivism

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