Grammatical Orientation in the Books of Qur'anic Parsing: An Analytical Study of Interpretation, Justification, and Grammatical Disagreement

Abstract

This study examines grammatical guidance in the books of Qur'anic syntax (Iʿrāb al-Qurʾān) through three major dimensions: grammatical interpretation (taʾwīl), grammatical justification (taʿlīl), and grammatical disagreement (khilāf). It aims to reveal their role in directing grammatical analysis and to identify the methodology adopted by Qur'anic grammarians in explaining Qur'anic structures and preferring one grammatical interpretation over another. The study employs a descriptive-analytical approach, supported by a comparative method in discussing the views of different grammatical schools. The findings demonstrate that the books of Qur'anic syntax go beyond explaining grammatical inflection; they constitute an important field for applying grammatical principles and for illustrating the methods of interpretation, justification, and preference among competing grammatical views. The study also shows that grammatical guidance in these works is based on contextual meaning, analogy (qiyās), and authentic linguistic transmission (samāʿ), while benefiting from the diversity of grammatical schools without compromising the intended Qur'anic meaning. The study concludes that the books of Qur'anic syntax are a primary source for investigating grammatical guidance and highlight the close relationship between Arabic grammar and Qur'anic exegesis in the development of Arabic grammatical thought.