اأثر المنھج اللغوی فی اثبات العقائد الدینیۃ نموذجا دراسة تحليلية تطبيقية

The Impact of the Linguistic Approach on Proving Religious Beliefs: An Analytical and Applied Case Study

Abstract

Imami theologians have given significant attention to the linguistic approach in reasoning to establish Researching the methodologies of theological reasoning among Islamic theological sects is of paramount importance due to its significant effects and consequences in the realms of creed and the Muslim's practical life. Therefore, it is imperative to study them in detail, refining their concepts, applications, analysis, comparison, critique, the reasons for their differences, and monitoring their results. The study of the linguistic methodology among the Shia Imamiyyah undertakes and focuses on clarifying its concept, applications, analyzing it, and explaining its most important results in the domain of creed.

The use of the linguistic methodology to establish matters of creed is not a new matter; rather, it is ancient and scattered throughout linguistic books on grammar, rhetoric, the meanings of the Quran, books of exegesis (Tafsir), recitations (Qira'at), and others. Early scholars adhered to it to support creeds, authoring numerous works in this field and frequently citing it for creedal issues.Theologians of the Imamiyyah have given great attention to the linguistic methodology in reasoning to establish and defend matters of creed, as they did with the Sifat Khabariyyah (descriptive attributes of God). Among these Shia theologians, for example, is al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Radi, a senior Shia Imamiyyah scholar, who wrote two independent books on metaphor in the Quran and Sunnah, namely Talkhis al-Bayan fi Majazat al-Quran and al-Majazat al-Nabawiyyah. These are among the oldest works in this field, addressing creedal issues in the verses of the Sifat Khabariyyah. Among them are al-Sayyid al-Murtada in Ghurar al-Fawa'id wa Durar al-Qala'id, al-Shaykh al-Mufid in Tas-hih I'tiqadat al-Imamiyyah, Ibn al-Hasan al-Tabarsi, the author of the commentary Majma' al-Bayan, Fakhr al-Din al-Turayhi in Majma' al-Bahrain, and likewise, al-Shaykh Ja'far al-Subhani, among contemporary scholars, followed their example in his book al-'Aqidah al-Islamiyyah 'ala Daw' Madrasat Ahl al-Bayt, and others.

One of the results of relying on the linguistic methodology among the Imamiyyah is their safety from falling into the problem of anthropomorphism (tajsim), likening God to creation (tashbih), defining His modality (takyif), and affirming a place, direction, or spatial limitation for Him, may He be exalted.