PhD Graduate in the Qur’anic and Hadith Sciences, University of Tehran h
Abstract
In the final verses of Surah Ash-Shu'ara, those who follow poets are described as being misguided, and poets are described as wanderers whose actions contradict their words. Of course, the righteous believers and kasirol-zikr individuals are excluded from them. Various studies have addressed the questions of how poets' condemnations can be interpreted and against which group of poets these condemnations were directed. Therefore, the current study aimed to clarify the meaning of these verses. We compiled interpretations and attempted to determine the most appropriate interpretation by relying on the culture and popular beliefs of the era of descent and the context of the preceding verses. This study found that these verses only condemned poets who claimed to be connected to jinn and devils, who presented their poems as occult inspirations, and whose themes were accepted by some as divine knowledge. By labeling the followers of this group of poets as misguided, the final verses of Surah Ash-Shu'ara demonstrate their ignorance and wandering in various occult matters, as well as their inability to act on what they themselves proclaim. These verses also describe two indications of the devils' ignorance regarding the occult knowledge of the heavens, as well as the devils' and poets' dishonesty; hence, following them has been deemed astray.
SharifiNasab, H. (2021). Rereading the interpretations of the last verses of Surah Ash-Shu'ara regarding the condemnation of poets. Hekmat-e-Balegheh, 2(3), 102-81.
MLA
Hamed SharifiNasab. "Rereading the interpretations of the last verses of Surah Ash-Shu'ara regarding the condemnation of poets". Hekmat-e-Balegheh, 2, 3, 2021, 102-81.
HARVARD
SharifiNasab, H. (2021). 'Rereading the interpretations of the last verses of Surah Ash-Shu'ara regarding the condemnation of poets', Hekmat-e-Balegheh, 2(3), pp. 102-81.
VANCOUVER
SharifiNasab, H. Rereading the interpretations of the last verses of Surah Ash-Shu'ara regarding the condemnation of poets. Hekmat-e-Balegheh, 2021; 2(3): 102-81.
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