NE STUD 144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tariqa, Haqiqa
15 Jan 2017
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When a sufi speaks about the quran, he speaks in a different lens from the texts. Literalist commentary is trying to understand what the text is saying literally; lends his. It"s looked at in 4 different ways hand to the legalist tradition. Ex of the literal approach: marriage, divorce, inheritance, how to perform the pilgrimage, etc. Metaphorical interpretation: attempt to understand the quran in the metaphorical sense because the literal interpretation creates difficulties in what is being said. Philosophical reading: the questions regarding the purpose of mankind, the meaning behind creation, etc. Each type of approach has specialized language, terms, clusters of scholars, definitions, and tools for interpretation. Looking at the same situation but at different approaches using different elements; looking at it at different lens . Sufis have developed dictionaries from different periods that define terms and how they. The sufi wants to experience the path towards the divine-losing yourself, losing the ego.
