Recognition and Comparative Analysis of the Principles of Human Dignity in the Interpretation of the Quran: A New Approach to the Views of Sayyid Abdul Hussein Tayyib and Sayyid Qutb
Assistant Professor, Quran and Oriental Studies Department, Quran and Hadith Higher Education Complex, Al-Mustafa Al-Alamiyah University (PBUH), Qom
10.22091/ptt.2025.13692.2502
Abstract
Human dignity, as one of the most fundamental philosophical and theological issues of the Holy Quran, has always been the focus of epistemological developments in Islamic thought and interpretative studies. The present study, with a comparative approach, aims to systematically identify and analyze the principles of human dignity in the Quran, while clearly examining the differences and similarities between the approaches of two prominent contemporary commentators - Sayyid Abdul Hussein Tayyib and Sayyid Qutb. Accordingly, the main problem of the research is to explain the nature and limits of the principles of human dignity and how they are reflected in the selected interpretations. Based on the analysis of the interpretative texts "Atib al-Bayan" and "Fi Zillal al-Quran", eight fundamental principles in the field of human dignity have been identified, each of which is based on a deep understanding of the semantic structure of the Quran and its educational purposes; principles such as reason and thought, gradualism, equality, freedom of choice, proportionality and moderation, purposefulness, naturalism, and dynamism. The findings of the research indicate that Tayyib, relying on the narrational tradition and emphasizing the social-educational understanding of the verses, interprets human dignity within the framework of the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and with a cohesive approach to the structure of society; while Sayyid Qutb, adopting
RiahiMehr, B. (2025). Recognition and Comparative Analysis of the Principles of Human Dignity in the Interpretation of the Quran: A New Approach to the Views of Sayyid Abdul Hussein Tayyib and Sayyid Qutb. Comparative Interpretation Research, (), -. doi: 10.22091/ptt.2025.13692.2502
MLA
Bagher RiahiMehr. "Recognition and Comparative Analysis of the Principles of Human Dignity in the Interpretation of the Quran: A New Approach to the Views of Sayyid Abdul Hussein Tayyib and Sayyid Qutb". Comparative Interpretation Research, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22091/ptt.2025.13692.2502
HARVARD
RiahiMehr, B. (2025). 'Recognition and Comparative Analysis of the Principles of Human Dignity in the Interpretation of the Quran: A New Approach to the Views of Sayyid Abdul Hussein Tayyib and Sayyid Qutb', Comparative Interpretation Research, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22091/ptt.2025.13692.2502
VANCOUVER
RiahiMehr, B. Recognition and Comparative Analysis of the Principles of Human Dignity in the Interpretation of the Quran: A New Approach to the Views of Sayyid Abdul Hussein Tayyib and Sayyid Qutb. Comparative Interpretation Research, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22091/ptt.2025.13692.2502
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