قرآن فہمی میں نظریۂ قطعی الدلالۃ: فراہی، اصلاحی اور غامدی کی فکری اساس کا تقابلی مطالعہ

The Concept of Qatʿī al-Dalālah in Qur’ānic Understanding: A Comparative Study of the Intellectual Foundations of Farāhī, Islāhī, and Ghāmidī

Abstract

This research paper presents a comparative analysis of the concept of Qaṭʿī al-Dalālah (definitive indication) as developed within the Farāhī school of Qur’ānic exegesis. The study examines the intellectual foundations laid by Ḥamīd al-Dīn Farāhī (1863-1930), developed by Amīn Aḥsan Iṣlāḥī (1904-1997), and articulated by Jāved Aḥmad Ghāmidī (b. 1951). The research investigates how these three generations of scholars conceptualized definitive meaning in Qur’ānic interpretation through the principle of Naẓm (coherence). The paper argues that the Farāhī school’s approach represents a significant departure from classical Uṣūlī formulations, shifting the basis of textual certainty from lexical-grammatical analysis to structural-contextual coherence. Through systematic examination of primary sources, the study demonstrates a methodological evolution across the three thinkers while maintaining core commitments to Qur’ānic coherence as the hermeneutic key. The research concludes that the Farāhī school offers a distinctive theory of Qaṭʿī al-Dalālah integrating classical Uṣūl principles with modern hermeneutic insights.