Qom University Comparative Interpretation Research 2476-4191 6 2 2020 12 21 A Comparative Re-Reading of the Quran Interpreters' Views of the 11th Verse of the Sura Faussilat A Comparative Re-Reading of the Quran Interpreters' Views of the 11th Verse of the Sura Faussilat 163 186 1661 10.22091/ptt.2020.4469.1577 FA Abbas Sharifi PhD student of the Quran and Hadith Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan, Isfahan 0000-0002-4754-9856 Gholamreza Khoshniyyat Assistant professor of Shaid Mahallati College, Qom 0000-0001-9062-798X Journal Article 2019 06 03 Received: 2021-02-23   |   Accepted: 2020-06-12 <br /> In the field of Quran scholarship, one of the controversial topics concerns the phenomenon of language as referred to in the Holy Quran, that is to say, whether it was real or symbolic. One of them concerns the 11^th verse of the Sura Fussilat which some Quran interpreters regard it as a real language, while others, mostly the modern ones, have interpreted it as a symbolic language. The present paper seeks to discuss various aspects of language and language use and concludes that it has had two levels of signification. The first-rate level is concerned with what the common reader stands, and the second-rate level concerns what the knowledgeable reader may find out therein. In other words, the first-rate level is a symbolic language, while the second-rate level pertains to the real sense of the verse that pertains to percolation of knowledge and understanding in and to all the creation. <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="color: #000000;">© Sharifi, A; Khoshniyyat, Gh.R. (2021) A Comparative Re-Reading of the Quran Interpreters' Views of the 11th Verse of the Sura Faussilat. </span><em style="color: #000000;">Biannual Journal of Comparative Exegetical Researches, 6 (12) </em><span style="color: #000000;">161-183.  Doi: 10.22091/PTT.2020.4469.1577</span> Received: 2021-02-23   |   Accepted: 2020-06-12 <br /> In the field of Quran scholarship, one of the controversial topics concerns the phenomenon of language as referred to in the Holy Quran, that is to say, whether it was real or symbolic. One of them concerns the 11^th verse of the Sura Fussilat which some Quran interpreters regard it as a real language, while others, mostly the modern ones, have interpreted it as a symbolic language. The present paper seeks to discuss various aspects of language and language use and concludes that it has had two levels of signification. The first-rate level is concerned with what the common reader stands, and the second-rate level concerns what the knowledgeable reader may find out therein. In other words, the first-rate level is a symbolic language, while the second-rate level pertains to the real sense of the verse that pertains to percolation of knowledge and understanding in and to all the creation. <br />  <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="color: #000000;">© Sharifi, A; Khoshniyyat, Gh.R. (2021) A Comparative Re-Reading of the Quran Interpreters' Views of the 11th Verse of the Sura Faussilat. </span><em style="color: #000000;">Biannual Journal of Comparative Exegetical Researches, 6 (12) </em><span style="color: #000000;">161-183.  Doi: 10.22091/PTT.2020.4469.1577</span> https://ptt.qom.ac.ir/article_1661_e7af39fcb25ca540c1768828bbb35bb3.pdf