The Purpose of Ratiocination and its Impact on Text Construct from the Viewpoint of the Author of Adwa' Al-Bayan fi Idah Al-Qur'an bil Qur’an: A Jurisprudential-Syntactic Study

Abstract

The present research investigates an important problem in the human history in general and in the legislative history in particular: ratiocination and its purpose in text construct. Ratiocination is a to-convince tool used to interpret religious or social phenomena. In other words, it helps the reader to become hopeful and confident, where the more he perceives the relationships in a text (i.e. causes and effects, and precedents and results), the abler he will be to interact with an epistle. Accordingly, the Islamic legislation, while considering targets’ circumstances, have ratiocinated many of its judgements. The Qur’an is the primary source of the holy Sharia and there are clear-cut occasions where it ratiocinated the judgements to convince the readers. In this research, we investigate the purpose of ratiocination and its role in and impact on text construct from the viewpoint of a jurist-syntactician, given that this person has a deep understanding of the analysis and ratiocination of the Qur’anic provisions. We aim to achieve the purpose of the study by shedding light on the interpretation of this commentator from the Qur’an, in an attempt to uncover the methodological tools that he relied on in ratiocinating the text. 
 
 Received: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 18 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022

Pros and Cons of Separation between Maqāṣid and Uṣūl al-Fiqh (A Study of The Periodization of Maqāṣid History and Responses to Its Independence)

“…On the other hand, the Asy'ariyyah and Sufis who rejected the ratiocination theory (al-Zuḥailī, 2019) were the primary builders of maqāṣid, who were none other than al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmīdzī, al-Juwainī, and al-Ģazālī (Belhaj, 2023). Indeed, there are times when the Qur'an ratiocinates its texts to convince its readers (Abdallahi et al, 2022). However, many groups of theologians and Ẓāhiriyyah argue that God's commands and prohibitions cannot be known what the reason behind them is unless the text states so.…”

“…However, many groups of theologians and Ẓāhiriyyah argue that God's commands and prohibitions cannot be known what the reason behind them is unless the text states so. This is because it would be assumed that a figure would be perfect and could understand all the purposes of God's commands and prohibitions, and therefore, God would be flawed (Abdallahi et al, 2022). Reasoning in legal issues is suspected by some scholars who prefer to resolve legal questions, as far as possible, based only on revealed texts (Sharif El-Tobgui, 2019).…”