Univrsity Of Tehran Press Philosophy and Kalam 2008-9422 54 1 2021 08 23 A Re-reading of the “Linguistic Denotation” in Understanding and Interpreting of the Kitāb ʾAllāh and Sunnah A Re-reading of the “Linguistic Denotation” in Understanding and Interpreting of the Kitāb ʾAllāh and Sunnah 145 121 83542 10.22059/jitp.2021.311520.523231 FA Mohammad Taghi Kebritchi PhD Candidate in Quran and Hadith Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Shahrodi Associate Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran; 0000-0001-9270-6139 Journal Article 2020 11 11 The “linguistic denotation” scheme in this paper, vs. the “logical denotation”, represents the relationship between “words” and “meanings” in “natural languages”. In this scheme, the process of “denotation” is dependent on “application” and is performed by “interpretation”, but in logical denotation, it is only a function of contract. However, the Holy Quran and Traditions have been issued in the atmosphere of natural language. Therefore, the meaning of the Kitāb and Sunnah must be explained in the structure of linguistic not logical denotation. So, the meaning of words, in addition to the “co-text”, also depends on the “context or application”, and interpretation activity plays a great role in it. Accordingly, “application” in the literature of interpretation of the Quran is: the occasions and addresses of revelation, and in Tradition is: the conditions and situations of the Hadīth issuance. Details and applications of this approach in Quranic and Hadīth sciences require further researches. The “linguistic denotation” scheme in this paper, vs. the “logical denotation”, represents the relationship between “words” and “meanings” in “natural languages”. In this scheme, the process of “denotation” is dependent on “application” and is performed by “interpretation”, but in logical denotation, it is only a function of contract. However, the Holy Quran and Traditions have been issued in the atmosphere of natural language. Therefore, the meaning of the Kitāb and Sunnah must be explained in the structure of linguistic not logical denotation. So, the meaning of words, in addition to the “co-text”, also depends on the “context or application”, and interpretation activity plays a great role in it. Accordingly, “application” in the literature of interpretation of the Quran is: the occasions and addresses of revelation, and in Tradition is: the conditions and situations of the Hadīth issuance. Details and applications of this approach in Quranic and Hadīth sciences require further researches.

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