مجلة دراسات الإنسان و المجتمع

This study aims to demonstrate the merit of linguistics in interpreting the Qur’an and the need of the interpreter of the Holy Qur’an for it. The Holy Qur’an is the word of God that He revealed to the best of His creation - may God bless him and grant him peace - so it is serious and not a joke. Whoever rules by it is just, and whoever abandons it, God will break him. It was revealed in clear Arabic. Anas - may God be pleased with him - said: “If a man is brought to me who interprets the Book of God without being knowledgeable in the language of the Arabs, I will make him an example.” This noble hadith demonstrates the strong interconnected relationship between linguistics and the interpretation of the Holy Qur’an for interpreters. One of the most important problems that may confront the interpreter in interpreting the Book of God Almighty is his lack of understanding of the different Qur’anic expressions, and the difference in cultural and historical context between the time of revelation and the present, as well as the lack of clarity of some verses due to grammatical ambiguity or multiple meanings. From all of this, there was an urgent need to develop a study that clarifies this interconnected relationship between the two sciences, language and interpretation, perhaps to remove the ambiguity and be a reason for larger and more comprehensive studies. In this study, the researchers relied on the inductive approach that is concerned with tracing the history of sciences and the stages of their development. Therefore, the study was titled: “Linguistics and the need of the interpreter of the Holy Qur’an for it.” The study addressed the concept of linguistics and interpretation and its divisions, then continued to talk about the relationship between linguistics and interpretation, the interpreter's need for it, and interpretation in the era of the Companions, then selected some of the aspects of the interpreters' interest in linguistics in their interpretations, and finally not relying on language alone in interpreting the Holy Quran. The study reached a set of results and recommendations, the most important of which are: that standing on the secrets of the Holy Quran can only be done by knowing the rules of the language in which it was revealed, and that the relationship between linguistics and interpretation is a close interdependent relationship, and interpreting the Quran is not an easy matter, as it must have sufficient linguistic provisions, and with this, it is not possible to rely on language alone in interpreting the Holy Quran. The study recommended the necessity of paying attention to studying and teaching linguistics, studying the strange words of the Holy Quran, and the necessity of linking linguistics in general and applied grammar in particular to the Quranic text; so that it emerges from the position of stillness to the space of movement and function............ Keywords: ......The Holy Quran, Interpretation of the Holy Quran, Linguistics.