نوع مقاله : علمی _ پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
This study analyzes and reconstructs the conceptual evolution of verse 24 of Surah al-Sajdah within the Islamic exegetical tradition, demonstrating how the key phrase (guided by Our command) has shifted from an understanding based on legislative command to an interpretation grounded in ontological command within Shiʿi imamate theology. Using qualitative content analysis and a hermeneutic-dialectical reading of a corpus of exegetical and tradition sources, the article explains this development in two stages. The findings show that in the general exegetical reading, the verse refers to righteous leaders among the Children of Israel who, on the basis of divine law, practiced legislative guidance (i.e., pointing out the right path). In this reading, patience and certainty were moral-cognitive virtues required to attain this status. By contrast, the turning point in the Shiʿi reading emerges through reliance on the principle of correspondence and specific transmitted reports, which restrict the verse to the Imams of the Household of the Prophet of God. This reading reconfigures the nature of guidance by distinguishing between the command of God, and what people are commanded. Here, command of God is interpreted as ontological command, and guidance also advances to the station of achieving the goal, which is inner spiritual authority, and brings receptive souls to perfection.” The study concludes that, in this framework, patience and certainty are transformed into existential capacities for receiving this ontological guardianship, and the Imamate, as a divinely appointed and uniquely designated station, is distinguished from all other forms of leadership.
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