The Application of Thematic Analysis in Exegesis: the Structural Analysis of the Surah as-Saff With an Emphasis on Al-Mīzān Commentary

Musavi Moqaddam, Seyyed Mohammad; Zorrieh Zahra, Mahdieh Sadat

doi:10.22059/jcis.2023.352650.1311

The Application of Thematic Analysis in Exegesis: the Structural Analysis of the Surah as-Saff With an Emphasis on Al-Mīzān Commentary

Document Type : Scholary

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¹ Department of ... ,College of Farabi, University of Tehran, Iran

² M.A. of Quran and Hadith Sciences, College of Farabi, University of Tehran

10.22059/jcis.2023.352650.1311

Abstract

Thematic analysis is one of the common qualitative methods of analysis that is being used by the researchers of various fields of study to analyze various data. This causes suchlike Islamic studies not to be attended at the international level. The use of thematic analysis in the interpretation of the Qur’ān can help researchers understand it and its hidden layers better and deeper. This prevents them from being misled and drowned in the ocean of overt and covert themes of the Qur’ān and stops them from achieving an inaccurate understanding of the Qur’ānic themes and their relationships. This study set out to provide the researchers of Islamic resources with the what, why, and how of thematic analysis of interpretive texts in a concise and practical manner. This was done via a case study of the book Al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qur’ān using the MAXQDA software. Since the correct implementation of the method is of utmost importance, every step of the process of investigating the interpretation of the surah as-saff in Al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qur’ān is reported by giving in the thematic analysis of the verses of this chapter.

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