Kur'an'da mecaz tartışmaları ve İbn Teymiyye (728/1327)'nin mesele'ye yaklaşımı

Abstract

One of the oldest debates in Islamic history of thought regarding the understanding and interpretation of the Qur’an is the existence of allegory in its text. The debate is origionally related to the scope of allegorical meanings in Arabic language, and if it exists in the language whether it would be relevent to the Qur’an. The approval or rejection of allegory in language took place mostly within linguistic questions, however, Qur’anic discussions were rather connected to the theological aspects of the problem. Metaphysical terms and expressions that were used in these debates had a major impact on this development. The debates occured in a quiet atmosphere in the early periods, but during the time of the prominent Salafi scholar Ibn Taymiyya it flared up in a direction towards totally theological dimension. In the following periods the it continued in the line of Ibn Taymiyya’s scholarly contributions. In this article I will explore the content and arguments of this question and analyse the views of both sides regarding the debate.