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Journal of Islamic Studies and Thought for Specialized Research

About the Journal :

Journal of Islamic studies and thought for specialized research, a magazine working in the field of intellectual reform and knowledge, as one of the pillars of the project of contemporary Islamic civilization.
The magazine seeks to be a port for scientists, thinkers, researchers and intellectuals to work hard to reform the Islamic thought and methodology at the nation level, exceeding the boundaries of language and region, to serve humanity as a whole in order to achieve the greater goal of promoting the levels of human thought at the global level.
The Journal of Islamic Studies and Thought for Specialized Research aims at providing high-quality scientific research in order to provide an excellent scientific material. It is useful for researchers, intellectuals and specialists to form a scientific reference in the process of achieving our vision. The magazine undertakes to communicate with researchers and writers from different walks of life to promote their research and articles. Including the scientific movement and intellectual efforts in the field of reform and promotion of the system of human thought.



THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION IN ALASKENDERANI'S KASHEF-UL-ASRAR ANORANYAH ALQURANYAH


Abstract
The commentary of Kashef-ul-asrar Anoranyah Alquranyah (i.e. Exploring the Luminous Quranic Secrets) by the physician Al-Imam Muhammad Alaskenderani is considered to be amongst the early commentaries. This commentary discussed the explanation of Astronomical and earth objects, animals, plants, and gemstones that have been mentioned in the Noble Quran through the discoveries of experimental science. Despite its distinctive presentation of the topics, the commentary has not been paid attention to by researchers, and has not been so famous in the scientific media. This is the research gap of the current investigation. The study at hand aims at shedding light on the characteristics of scientific explanation in Alaskenderani's commentary.
 I employed the descriptive method to present the scientific methodology that Alaskenderani used in his commentary. Results showed the following: contemplation in the creative creation of God entrenches faith in Allah, Exalted be He, and that scientific explanation is one of its means.  This field is still open for posing the discovered scientific facts and explaining their relations to the verses of Allah's Book (i.e. the Noble Quran) after aligning those facts with the fundamentals and rules of commentaries (i.e. tafseer). What Alaskenderani had carried out in his commentary is considered a distinguished attempt in this field that needs to be given tributes. 
Keyword: Alaskenderani ,  The Explanation, The Scientific, Kashef-ul-asrar