Invoking of Jahilī Poetry in Tafsīr Fatḥ Al-Qadīr (Analytical study of first parah)

تفسیر فتح القدیر ميں جاہلی شاعری سے استشھاد: (پارہ اول کا تجزیاتی مطالعہ)

Abstract

Allah Almighty reveled the Holy Qur’ān on Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ in the most eloquent form of Arabic language. That’s why the knowledge of eloquent and rhetorical Arabic language is considered one the main sources which help to understand the meaning of Allah’s words. Jahilī poetry because of its highest level of eloquence and rhetoric, is called Dīwān e ʿArab (دیوانِ عرب). Keeping in view of this fact, most of the Narrators (Muffasirs) right from the time of Sahaba (R.A) used to get help from the ancient Arabic poetry to clarify the meanings of Allah’s Book. In this regard, the method of Tarjumān Al- Qur’ān Ḥazrat ʿAbdullah Ibn ʿAbbās is very vivid. Almost all the great Narrators (Muffasirs) followed his footstep in this field. The writer of Tafsīr Fatḥ Al-Qadīr, Imam Muhammad Al- shokānī also is not different from the others in this regard. He used the Arabic poetry generally and Ancient Arabic poetry specifically to elaborate the meanings of the revealed book. This paper will justify the fact that in first pārah, imām shokānī very often got help from Ancient Arabic poetry while interpreting the Qur’ānic text.