Analysis of the structure of interpretation of verses and hadiths in the Hojviri epistemological system

Bayram Haghighi, Roghayyeh

doi:10.22034/perlit.2025.69087.3852

Analysis of the structure of interpretation of verses and hadiths in the Hojviri epistemological system

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Roghayyeh Bayram Haghighi

Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/perlit.2025.69087.3852

Abstract

The Sufi interpretation of verses, hadiths, natural phenomena, and the sayings of the predecessor sheikhs represent their various interpretative choices and criteria in dealing with these matters. In this regard, Hujwiri's Kashf al-Mahjoob, one of the oldest Persian Sufi texts, is an important source in this field. The analysis and classification of his interpretation of verses and hadiths show the extent to which he adhered to the appearance of the text or deviated from it, his tasteful, imaginative tendencies, or the presence of logical and argumentative aspects in interpretation, as well as his ideological occupations in interpretation. Also, by comparing his interpretive patterns of verses and hadiths with the frameworks applied by Hujwiri in interpreting the sayings of the sheikhs, the extent to which he was harmonious and coherent, or conversely, chaotic, in this area is determined. Finally, comparing these frameworks with other Sufis in other periods will explain the process of their changes in the intellectual, epistemological, and tasteful spheres.

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