The Categorical and the Allegorical Verses in the Qur’ān and Inferences of Imām Qurṭubī (A Specialized Study of Al-Jāmi’ li-Aḥkām al-Qur’ān)

Abstract

One of the most important discussions of the Qur’ānic Sciences is the Categorical and the Allegorical in the Qur’ān. The foundations for implementation of this science on the verses of the Qur’ān are found in the Qur’ān itself. That is why the polymaths of the Qur’ānic Sciences made them and their relatives the topic of discussion in their writings. The exegetes, while interpreting those verses which specify the Categorical and the Allegorical in the Qur’ān, also elaborated the differences between both the terms. Moreover, they explicated the term “Mutashābih” according to their specific area of interest due to wide ranging interpretation of this term. Imām Qurṭubī is also one of those interpreters who discuss even the minute aspects of the verses with respect to the Qur’ānic Sciences. In this article, the inferences of Imām Qurṭubī in the Categorical and the Allegorical verses have been elaborated.