Explanation
Surat al-Kahf is used as an example for analyzing the symbolic narrative structure in the Qur’an, and for tracing how the religious imaginary and popular interpretation operate across history. For Arkoun, it also shows that Qur’anic stories are not simple history, but rather a semantic structure connected to dialogue, reception, and symbol.
Referred to by
- The Myth of the People of the Cave between Christianity and Islam
- Popular and Medieval Interpretations of the Myth
- Traditional Exegesis Obscures the Historicity of the Qur’an and Turns Its Symbolism into Realism
- Popular and Historical Exegesis Reshaped the Story of the People of the Cave
- Classical Exegesis Narrows the Field of the Possible
- Qur’anic Discourse Is Historically Formed through Constraints and Popular and Normative Interpretations
- The Qur’anic Surah Is Read as a Multi-Unit Symbolic Structure
- The Contrast between Believers and Opponents
- A Program for Reading Surat al-Kahf
- Surat al-Kahf as a Symbolic Discursive Structure
- Surat al-Kahf Condenses the Features of Ancient Exegesis
- Surat al-Kahf as an Example of Historical Reading
- Louis Massignon and the People of the Cave