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In the history of Islamic thought, a number of various approaches have emerged to try and interpret and understand the Qur'ān. One of these approaches is a Zāhirī thought system which considers the literal meaning of the word of Allah (God) as basic reference to the first degree and seeks the contextual meaning of the Qur’an in its linguistic foundation. The Zāhirī school emerged for the first time in the early third century AH from a reactionary line against the systems of thought during the time, forming a systematic structure with Ibn Hazm. Ibn Hazm entered into a commentary method which was unique to him, to try and provide an objective meaning of religion. In this article, in order to provide a foundation, we have provided information about the contents of the Qur'ān, its style and the significance of the metaphorical language in sacred texts in order to establish a framework for our topic. Then we have studied the definition of Zāhirī thought and the understanding of ta’wīl and dealt with the opinions of Ibn Hazm on metaphor/majāz which shaped his thought system. The main purpose of this article is to determine the original interpretation method and its scope in Islamic thought tradition on which the Zāhirī thought system developed. 

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