The grounds of the formation of Ibn Abbas' school of interpretation with an emphasis on criticizing the doubts of Orientalists

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Student at PhD Tafsir in Jamiatul_almstafa Gorgan

2 Professor of Jamia Al-Mustafa University, Gorgan branch

3 Associate Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Hadith Sciences, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran

10.22034/pht.2026.16753.1450

Abstract

From the point of view of all Islamic scholars and many Orientalists, Abdullah Ibn Abbas is known as a prominent and influential figure in the creation and development of various Islamic sciences, including the interpretation of words and history. Some of the scientific fields in it led to the formation of his interpretation school, with all these qualities and valuable services left by Ibn Abbas in the field of Islamic sciences; His scientific character has been criticized and seriously doubted by Orientalists. based on those doubts; From their point of view, Ibn Abbas did not have any scientific position, but his scientific skill in Islamic sciences was a historical legend and fabricated by some past governments, Ibn Abbas's science and social contexts of the time have expanded more seriously and the interpretive thoughts of Ibn Abbas Abbas was also taken from the pure prophetic way as a right-wing trend in front of the prominent Israeli trend and was in opposition to them. Influenced by his scientific, cultural, and political backgrounds, Ibn Abbas' opinions and thoughts gradually turned into a stream and a school of interpretation, in addition to that: Ibn Abbas's high skill in the meanings of Quranic verses and prophetic hadiths, his great interest and curiosity towards Quranic teachings, having The power of taql and ijtihad in interpretation, jurisprudence, history, literature and Arab poetry is one of the most important scientific fields, the formation of this school of interpretation is the solid answers to the doubts of the Orientalists.

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