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Level 4 scholar, Qur'an interpretation and sciences, Al-Zahra University
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Assistant Professor of the Department of Qur'an Interpretation and Sciences, Al-Mustafa University
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Doctoral student of Fiqh and Qur'an Sciences Department, Bint Al-Hadi Higher Education Complex
Abstract
The circumstances of revelation in verses of the Holy Quran play a key role in the deep and accurate understanding of the verses. Therefore, its detailed examination is one of the main tasks of exegetists in explaining and interpreting the verses correctly. Verse 207 of Surah Al-Baqarah, known as the “Shara’ Verse” or the Verse of Sacrifice, is one of the verses that Shiite theologians and exegetists cite to prove the virtue and status of Imam Ali (AS)’s Imamate. Undoubtedly, knowing the contents and details of the revelation of this verse can play a role in the correctness or incorrectness of this reference. Therefore, this article, with a descriptive-analytical approach, seeks to answer the question: What is the opinion of the exegetists of the Fariqain (Shia and Sunni) regarding the revelation of the verse of the Quran? Based on the findings of this research, the vast majority of Shiite exegetists attribute the revelation of the Verse of Sacrifice to Imam Ali (AS)’s sacrifice in “Laylat al-Mabit”. On the other hand, most of the Sunni exegetists refrain from mentioning the circumstances of the revelation of this verse or mentioning the name of Imam Ali (AS) along with other Companions. Only Hakim Haskani, the Hanafi Muhaddith of the fifth century, agrees with the opinion of the Shiite exegetists and considers the revelation of this verse to be specific to Imam Ali (AS). It seems that the political atmosphere ruling the Islamic society, especially in the early centuries, which was full of grudges and hostility towards Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (AS), is the main reason for the denial of the circumstances of revelation of this verse by most Sunni exegetists.
Bastani,H , Shafi‘i Darabi,S H and saberi,F . (2023). A Comparative Study of the Circumstances of Revelation of the Shara’ Verse in the Holy Quran in Shiite
and Sunnite Interpretations. Ala’ Al-Rahman Exegetic Studies, 2(5), 7-30.
MLA
Bastani,H , , Shafi‘i Darabi,S H , and saberi,F . "A Comparative Study of the Circumstances of Revelation of the Shara’ Verse in the Holy Quran in Shiite
and Sunnite Interpretations", Ala’ Al-Rahman Exegetic Studies, 2, 5, 2023, 7-30.
HARVARD
Bastani H, Shafi‘i Darabi S H, saberi F. (2023). 'A Comparative Study of the Circumstances of Revelation of the Shara’ Verse in the Holy Quran in Shiite
and Sunnite Interpretations', Ala’ Al-Rahman Exegetic Studies, 2(5), pp. 7-30.
CHICAGO
H Bastani, S H Shafi‘i Darabi and F saberi, "A Comparative Study of the Circumstances of Revelation of the Shara’ Verse in the Holy Quran in Shiite
and Sunnite Interpretations," Ala’ Al-Rahman Exegetic Studies, 2 5 (2023): 7-30,
VANCOUVER
Bastani H, Shafi‘i Darabi S H, saberi F. A Comparative Study of the Circumstances of Revelation of the Shara’ Verse in the Holy Quran in Shiite
and Sunnite Interpretations. Ala’ Al-Rahman Exegetic Studies. 2023;2(5):7-30 (In Persian).
