Tawriya
The Arabic term tawriya (also: tauriya ,تورية; also Īhām /ايهام) means “deception”, “concealment”; "Ambiguous allusion / hint" and "double meaning joke".
It is a term used in Arabic literary theory to denote the “near” meaning of a word in which an “extended” meaning is “hidden” by the poet. Understanding the hidden meaning is also of great importance for understanding and translating the Koran.
It was not until the 14th century that the scholar as-Safadi devoted a monographic treatise to this phenomenon . Other Islamic scholars have tried to identify tawriya / īhām in ancient Arabic poetry . Some even believe to have found this phenomenon in the Koran themselves; because in sura 20 , verse 5 it says:
"The Merciful has sat down on the throne (to rule the world)"
The "near" meaning to rule the world is justified here , the hidden one. The Arabic verb istawā /استوىdoes not mean here “to be even”, “to stand up”, but “to rule”, “to have (the throne) for oneself”. The Islamic exegesis of the Koran ( tafsir ) has discussed the verb in detail in the corresponding verses of the Koran. (Translation of the verse by Rudi Paret ; see also sura 7, verse 54; sura 10, verse 3 and others).
During the rule of the Mu'tazila , the above verse from the Koran was used several times to define the attributes of God.
For the German author and political scientist Bassam Tibi , who was born in Syria, “ Īhām ” today also means a tactical method used by Muslim association officials organized in (western) foreign countries, despite “paying lip service to democratic-moderate Islam ... to cover up their policy of Islamization”: “How will pursued the Islamization policy? Mainly two instruments are used ... 2. The instrument of Christian-Islamic dialogue, which is dominated by deception in the sense of Iham ... "
literature
- S. A. Bonebakker: Some definitions of the tawriya and Safadi's Fadd al-xitam . The Hague 1966.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam . New edition. sn tawriya.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bassam Tibi in: The hidden Islamization of Europe , Basler Zeitung , October 11, 2016