@article{2016,title={GENERAL APPROACHES TO THE AHMAD HAMDİ AKSEKİLİ’S EXEGESİS OF CHAPTER AL-ASR},abstractNode={Ahmad Hamdi Akseki was under the influence of his time, social and politcal turmoil. Having seen the degeneration in his community, he aims to rectify society from ethical and moral perspectives in his writings. According to Aksekili, main reason behind Muslims’ degeneration lies in their neglect in understanding the Qur’an and putting its teachings into their life. Thus he wants to bring a new outlook to Qur’anic exegesis and elevates the status of the people to the level of companions. To do so, Aksekili uses various way and methodologies developed by Muhammad Abduh. He places great stress on the importance of the reason and scientific developments. In brief, for him Qur’anic exegesis is not a simple discipline to text madrasa students’ Arabic profeciency but a tool to rectify society. Nevertheless, having been studied in madrasa for a long time, Akseki uses from time to time madrasa type arguments in his exegesis"},author={Melike ŞENGÜL},year={2016},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}