The Qur’ānic Sciences is a hundred years old and it was usually discussed in the introductory part of the Qur’ānic exegeses but thereafter, independent books were written on this subject and it became an independent science. In Qom Seminary, there has been significant progress in the field of Qur’ānic Sciences in the last hundred years, and with the presence of Ayatollah Maʿrifat (d. 1385 S.H.) in the last forty years, the field of Qur’ānic Sciences is revived in the Shia academic circle.
Of course, this scientific leap in the traditional Qur’ānic Sciences (such as the history of the Qur’ān, the esoteric aspect of the Qur’ān, decisive and ambiguous verses, abrogating and abrogated verses, the foundations and principles of Qur’ānic exegesis, the sciences and techniques of recitations, etc.) and also in the new Qur’ānic Sciences (such as the language of Qur’ān, semantics and semiotics, methodology, hermeneutics, philosophy of Qur’ānic Sciences, Qur’ānic arts, etc.) has brought about publication of several books, encyclopedias, research papers in this regards, while academic courses have been initiated, and even new disciplines and specializations have been approved.
In this article, using the library method and the author’s field research experiences, the history of Qur’ānic Sciences and the areas of its significant progress in the Qom Seminary during the last hundred years have been discussed. |
