The Phılosophy Of Interpretatıon: Saleh Al-Ghursī’s Method In Interpretıng Texts That Seem To Imply Anthropomorphısm

Abstract

This study examines the interpretive theory of the contemporary thinker Saleh al-Ghursī  regarding the reading of texts whose apparent meanings present conceptual or semantic difficulties. Al-Ghursī’s work is distinguished by both methodological rigor and original interpretive insight, offering a renewed framework for addressing one of the most persistent questions in the philosophy of interpretation. Drawing upon principles of rhetoric and legal-theoretical reasoning, his approach seeks to reconcile textual language with coherent intellectual understanding. The problem of interpreting ambiguous or problematic texts has occupied scholars throughout intellectual history and continues to be a focal issue in contemporary hermeneutical debates. Al-Ghursī outlines three major historical stages in the evolution of interpretive practice: The early traditional stage, characterized by interpretation through compound metaphor,the intermediate traditional stage, marked by general interpretation or non-specific deferral of meaning, and the later scholastic stage, defined by interpretation through simple metaphor. By tracing these stages, al-Ghursī provides a critical perspective on the development of interpretive methodology in the broader context of linguistic inquiry.