The gap of interpretation in interpretive visions

Abstract

The Quranic text is a unique text, open to reading, understanding, interpretation, and engagement, allowing for the comprehension of its hidden meanings. Because it operates within a vast space that necessitates contemplation, reading, and comprehension, it generates several areas open to discussion. These areas, in turn, require the additions of the recipient—the interpreter—to reveal what is termed the "textual gaps." Given that the interpreter's personality and methods produce spaces of influence that, in turn, lead to the unveiling of the unspoken interpretive gaps in the text, the interpreter attempts to fill them in their own way. This has given rise to a kind of interpretive interaction among the interpreters' perspectives, ultimately leading to a judgment based on the text. This study attempts to clarify these gaps in the interpretive vision, the method of interaction between these perspectives, and what is produced by the space of interpretation and the gaps within which interpreters sometimes converse and sometimes clash, ultimately crystallizing their interpretive mindset.