İşârî Tefsirin Mahiyeti, Meşrûiyeti ve Bâtınî Yorumdan Farkı

Abstract

Verses of The Holy Qur’an were sent as a guide of leading the people to the right road. Everyone who knows Arabic (the language of the Holy Qur’an) can understand the literal meanings of verses. The Holy Qur’an recommends that to Muslims a blief and practise whole that takes into account hereafter. Therefore be easily understandable by the people is by its nature and wisdom. However, revelations of the Holy Qur’an (the words of God) aren’t possible to limit only the literal and apparent sense. Firstly, The Holy Qur’an indicate that the verses carry deep and multidimensional meanings beyond the appear meanings. In addition, it is possible to find the evidences about this topic, in the hadith (the words of Prophet Mohammad) and the words of sahabe (prophet’s companions). In the historical process, tafsir made outside of the apparent meanings of verses referred to various names according to their types as ishari, mystical, and enlightened. This type of interpretations, if they are not against the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, were regarded as acceptable by Islamic scholars. The purpose of this article to determine the nature of ishari-mystical tafsir, its location of in the tradition of interpretation and its difference from the interpretation of members of Shiite-Bâtini sect . Key Words: Tafsir tradition, interpretation of Qur’an, mystical (ishari) commentary, esoteric (Shiite-Batini) interpretation, esoterical sect members.