Al-Ẓahīr in The Qur’an: An Objective Interpretive Study

Abstract

        The study deals with an objective interpretive study entitled: al-Ẓahīr in the Holy Qur’an. The study is based on explaining the meanings of the word (Ẓahīr), and what is meant by this word in the Quran, and similar words, along with an explanation of what is meant by it and its uses in the Qur’an. The study depends on inductive analytical method, where the researcher has collected all the word al-Ẓahīr and similar words from the Qur’an. After completing the collection of the word al-Ẓahīr, the researcher relied on the deductive analytical approach in obtaining contents related to the study. Among the most important results reached by the study:  the word (Ẓa-ha-ra) has come thirty-seven times with nine ways of the language in the Qur’an. In the ten places of the Quran, the word (Ẓahīr, and taẓāhur) came as meaning of the word support. At the same time, the words that are close to the meaning of al-Ẓahīr in the Qur’an are eight words. By the grace and generosity of Allah, this study will be a vital source of information for researchers, thinkers, and scholars to conduct further research on this issue.