Consensus According to Ibn al-ʿArabī in His Qur’anic Exegesis Aḥkām al-Qurʾān: An Analytical Comparative Study

Abstract

This research deals with a comparative analytical study of the method of Imam Abu Bakr ibn Arabi al-Maliki (d. 543 Ah) In the consensus report of his interpretation of the provisions of the Qur'an, in addition to analyzing the formulas of his words and their semantic ranks, and comparing his method with the methods of other interpreters. The research aims at: explaining Ibn Al-Arabi's approach in the consensus report of his interpretation, analyzing the formulas of consensus words and their ranks, and highlighting the methodological differences between him and other interpreters. The importance of the research stems from studying consensus at Ibn Al-Arabi to fill a scientific gap in interpretive studies, and to enrich Quranic studies with a new angle that has not been touched before. The researcher relied on the following approaches: descriptive, analytical, inductive, and comparative. One of the most important results is that he considered that the general agreement without disagreement is considered a valid consensus, and he disregarded the abnormal and dissenting disagreement, which reflects his fundamentalist approach to interpretation and confirms his keenness to control the Quranic understanding according to the rules of consensus.