تفسیری طریقہ کا ر کاجائزہ: اہم قرآنی مصطلحات کی قادیانی تعبیرات کاتنقیدی مطالعہ

Evaluating Interpretive Methodology: A Critical Study of Qadiani Readings of Key Quranic Terms

Abstract

The article provides a detailed analysis of Qur’anic hermeneutics by examining sound interpretive methods in contrast to the flawed exegetical approaches employed by heterodox groups, including the Qadiani/Ahmadi movement. The text starts by describing the linguistic and technical elements of ta’wīl, together with its necessary conditions, and the vital academic qualifications that enable proper interpretation. The research shows that various historical deviant groups, such as ḥadīth deniers and rationalist innovators and modernists, have misused Qur’anic language to prove their existing beliefs. The main focus of this study is to investigate how the Qadiani group interprets fundamental Qur’anic terms, including nabī, khātam al-nabiyyīn, mutawaffīka, khala, yawm al-dīn, and al-ḍāllīn. The article uses classical exegesis and linguistic sources, together with authoritative works by Shaykh Meher Ali Shah, Ibn Kathīr, al-Ṭabarī, and al-Qurṭubī, to prove that Qadiani readings oppose linguistic usage and prophetic traditions, as well as Muslim scholarly consensus. The defense of prophet hood’s finality stands as the main focus, together with the belief in Jesus' ascension and his second coming, and the traditional interpretations of end-time events. The research shows that Islamic doctrine requires authentic interpretive methods to protect itself from doctrinal deviation.