LessonsIntroduction to Tafsir and the Five Principal Sciences of the Qur’anQuiz

أن معاني القرآن المنصوصة لا تخرج عن خمسة علوم
The meanings expressly communicated by the Qur'an fall under five principal sciences.

1. ʿIlm al-aḥkām: practical and legal rulings.
2. ʿIlm al-jadal: argumentation and rebuttal of false doctrines.
3. Al-tadhkīr bi-ālāʾ Allāh: recalling divine favors and signs of power.
4. Al-tadhkīr bi-ayyām Allāh: lessons from divine aid and judgment in history.
5. Al-tadhkīr bi-l-mawt wa-mā baʿdah: death, resurrection, reckoning and the hereafter.

This is an instructional map of central themes. It should not be used to force every passage into only one isolated category.

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An overview of the five central sciences

Introduction to Tafsir and the Five Principal Sciences of the Qur’an

أن معاني القرآن المنصوصة لا تخرج عن خمسة علوم
The meanings expressly communicated by the Qur'an fall under five principal sciences.

1. ʿIlm al-aḥkām: practical and legal rulings.
2. ʿIlm al-jadal: argumentation and rebuttal of false doctrines.
3. Al-tadhkīr bi-ālāʾ Allāh: recalling divine favors and signs of power.
4. Al-tadhkīr bi-ayyām Allāh: lessons from divine aid and judgment in history.
5. Al-tadhkīr bi-l-mawt wa-mā baʿdah: death, resurrection, reckoning and the hereafter.

This is an instructional map of central themes. It should not be used to force every passage into only one isolated category.