Quranic Studies and Islamic Culture

Reinterpreting the Qur'anic term MALA based on new linguistic findings

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

AmirHossein HosseinZadeIvary 1
Mohammad Hosein Akhavan Tabasi 2

1 M.Sc., Quran and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Theology, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Quran and Hadith Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran. Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/isqs.2024.47100.2221
Abstract
In the Holy Qur'an, we see the use of the word full in different ways, which can be classified into three groups: 1) different interpretations of the root of full meaning to fill (10 times of use), 2) Mela means the nobles and elders of the nation (28 times of use), 3) the use of high Mela (2 times of use). We are a new and methodical meaning and interpretation for the use of Mula in the Holy Quran. Through the analysis of the data, it was concluded that the similarity of the two words Mola (one with the big meaning of the people and the other with the meaning of filling) is just a kind of verbal similarity. The use of mola is formed from the national root meaning to speak and after structural changes and developments, it has become mola, which despite the idea of Raghib, its main meaning is equal to the spokesmen and orators of the nation.

Keywords

holy quran
aristocracy
MALA
linguistics

Subjects

  • Receive Date 13 October 2023
  • Revise Date 18 April 2024
  • Accept Date 08 May 2024

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