CRITICAL STUDY OF APPROACHES TO THE EXEGESIS OF THE HOLY QUR’AN

In recent years, different approaches to the Qur'an and the Muslim exegetical tradition reflect a wide variety of methods, presuppositions, focuses of interests and substantive conclusions. The various interpretations of the Qur'an belong to different stages of the intellectual history of Islam, and reflect in themselves the development of Islamic thought. Different approaches, sources, representative exegetes and their works are discussed in this paper in the context of socio-historic, epistemological and modernistic interpretations. The modern approaches emphasize on hypothetical, linguistic and scientific views based on rational interpretations relevant to changing needs and circumstances of Muslims that are taken into account by the jurists. Key Words:- Quranic interpretation; Modern Approaches; Exegesis