AN ANALYSIS OF EXEGETIC PRINCIPLES OF SHAH WALIULLAH DEHLVI IN THE LIGHT OF AL-FOZUL KABIR FE USOOLE TAFSEER

Abstract

Dedication of verses to specific events, It is a common way in the interpretation of the holy Quran, this does not match the universality of the message with requirement of the living societies, Keeping this matter in sight, Shah Waliullah introduces the parameters for demonstrating indispensability of the holy Quran by balancing between importance of historical perspectives of revelation and inclusiveness of the message. This article deals with explanation of method introduced by him in the book al- fozul kabir, the method presented by him, gives comprehensive logic and sets parameters which are guiding human minds to recognize universality and generalization of the holy book by meeting with requirements of contemporary world and supporting human values. Basically this is theoretical research in descriptive nature, which is based on document analysis by reflecting on the uniqueness of his work. The exploratory research method was adopted to analyze the effectiveness of way of understanding of the Quran introduced by Shah Waliullah. In nature of work, this posits a theoretical constructive to analyze the contextualization of the content presented in the fozul kabir with justification of exclusiveness of his way of thinking by highlighting his philosophy which is foundational stone of his way of understanding