School of traditional exegesis

The present discussion provides an explicated account of the traditional school of Qur’anic exegesis and how it developed. The major sources of the school of traditional exegesis are also discussed and explicated. These sources include the Qur’ān, Muḥammad’s tradition (sunnah), the companions’ views, and the early successors’ views. This chapter also accounts for how the exegetical notion of Qur’anic intertextuality is related to the semantic notion of polysemy, the modes of reading, and the theological mutashābihāt. Details are also provided about the position held by mainstream exegetes towards non-mainstream exegesis.