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ajiss-433		ajiss-433		20	.pdf	application/pdf	8115	313	52	In fact, he even says that we have to use the Qur’an to interpret its meaning: tafsir al-Qur’an bi al-Qur’an.44 Another assertion describes the preconditions of a true interpretation: The true Muslim in the judgment of the Qur’an is he Toward a Philosophical Approach of the Hermeneutics of the Qur’an 21 22 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 23:1 In his Kitab Jawahir al-Qur’an (Jewels of the Qur’an), al-Ghazali sum- marizes his doctrine of interpretation after being asked about the benefit of employing allegories in the Qur’an, since they embody, to some extent, clear indications of what is true and correct: Know that every benefit lies beyond these indications, for these are a sam- ple presented here in order that you may know by them the definition of the road to spiritual meanings of the invisible world through the traditional words, so that the doors of the unveiling of the meaning of the Qur’an may be opened [to you] and the methods of diving in their seas may be known.30 Rational and Modern Hermeneutics:	cache/ajiss-433.pdf	txt/ajiss-433.txt