Comparative Study of the Commentaries on the Verse "God does not change what any people may have until they change whatever they themselves have ... "(Q:XIII-ll)based on the Concept of Social Convention in Historical Eras

• Main Authors: Ahmad Badkubeh Hezaveh, Yunus Dehghani Farsani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alzahra University 2008-12-01
• Series: تحقیقات علوم قرآن و حدیث
• Subjects: keywords: quranic commentaries; exegete; text analysis; social development; social convention
• Online Access: http://tqh.alzahra.ac.ir/article_3408_3db0a5d37721c5bdf2b8d9e397444030.pdf
• ISSN: 2008-2681; 2476-616X

The development of social sciences has given new explanations for the cause <br /> of different commentaries on a text in different historical eras. The concept of <br /> social convention and its affect on understanding a text is one of these views. <br /> Using this concept,we can contribute to the better understanding of the <br /> changing interpretation of Quran in the Muslim history. in this article we <br /> have considered exegetes' view on the verse ".God does not change what any <br /> people may have until they change whatever they themselves <br /> have ... "(Q:XIIJ-ll ),classifyiedit and analyzed it according to the concept of <br /> social convention. Our study reveals that in the contemporary era,due to <br /> Muslim's revival and the introduction of reformist movement, a new <br /> interpretation of the word change(tagyiir)in the above mentioned verse has <br /> been seen i.e. change from the bad condition to a good one,while the word <br /> was interpreted earlier as change from good conditions to a bad one. With <br /> regard to the historical study of the social grounds for such a change in the <br /> contemporary commentaries, this article has introduced "positive aspect of <br /> change" as the social convention effective in the development of this new <br /> understanding of the verse.