وجوه الترجيح وصيغه وأساليبه عند ابن بدران(ت1342هـ) في كتابه جواهر الأفكار ومعادن الأسرار

Abstract

This study examines the aspects, formulations, and methods of preference (tarjīḥ) employed by ʿAbd al-Qādir Ibn Badrān in his exegesis entitled Jawāhir al-Afkār wa Maʿādin al-Asrār, through an analytical investigation of selected examples from the beginning of Sūrat al-Baqarah up to verse 189 of the same sūrah. The study aims to identify the criteria and formulations of preference utilized by the author when weighing different exegetical opinions, as well as to explore the methodological approaches he adopted in this regard. It also presents applied examples from his preferential judgments to illustrate these approaches and compares his views with those of other Qur’anic exegetes.

Through an inductive examination of the selected passages and their comparison with the interpretations of other commentators, the study concludes that the author agreed with the majority of exegetes in ten instances, concurred with some exegetes in thirteen instances, and differed from earlier commentators in five instances. The research further reveals a diversity in the aspects, formulations, and methods of preference employed throughout his tafsīr.

The researcher adopted an inductive, analytical, and comparative methodology. Following the introduction, the study is structured around a preliminary section introducing Ibn Badrān and his work Jawāhir al-Afkār, in addition to two main chapters: the first addresses the aspects of preference, while the second discusses the formulations and methods of preference. The study concludes with a summary of the most significant findings and recommendations reached by the researcher.