Analisis Implikasi Farsy al-Hurf Terhadap Penafsiran QS. an-Nisa’ dalam Tafsir at-Thabari

Abstract

Variations in Farsy al-Ḥurūf play a crucial role in Qur’anic exegesis by providing interpretive space for mufassirs in deriving meanings and legal rulings from the Qur’an. This study investigates the implications of Farsy al-Ḥurūf for Qur’anic interpretation in Tafsīr Jāmi‘ al-Bayān by Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī, with particular reference to Sūrat al-Nisā’. Farsy al- Ḥurūf refers to Qur’anic lexical variants disputed among the qurrā’ and not governed by uṣūlī principles, which often result in semantic diversity and legal implications. Employing a library-based qualitative descriptive approach, this study demonstrates that Farsy al-Ḥurūf in Sūrat al-Nisā’ generates interpretive divergences in three main aspects: (1) substantive implications influencing juristic differences in the determination of Islamic legal rulings, (2) redactional implications affecting variations in the identification of khithāb and the intended mukhāṭab, and (3) non-substantive implications manifested in semantic variations derived from synonymous lexical exploration. These implications are identified in verses 1, 11, 43, 128, and 163.