The Contemporary Mental School of Interpretation

This article deals with the contemporary mental school in the process of interpreting the Quran which has been revived in our time. The first part of the article includes a study of the historical roots of the school of thought and the principles, on which it was based, its interpretative approach to the Holy Qur'an, and its intellectual relationship with the thought of the Mu'tazila. This article also dealt with the famous personalities who contributed to the revival of the mental school for the interpretation of the Holy Quran, such as: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Mohammad Abdo, and Rashid Reda. The article also discusses the explanatory approach of Muhammad Abdo and Rashid Reda. In addition to the most important characteristics of the author of AlManar interpretation. The article also dealt with the evaluation of the interpretation of Al-Manar and its impact on the Islamic world, and the people who were influenced by this book "interpretation of Al-Manar". It is worth mentioning that the mental school in the interpretation of the Holy Quran, which laid the foundation stones of Muhammad Abdo and Rashid Reda, both are representatives of the mental school in the interpretation of the Holy Quran. The school opened the mind to interpret the villages of the Holy Quran wide horizons in the interpretation of the Koran, and revived Islamic thought and freedom from freezing and closure. However, the mental school for the interpretation of the Holy Quran criticizes it as trying to interpret the sacred texts according to the scientific evidence, in accordance with the Western mind that does not believe in revelation and the unseen, and this is a negative school mental in the interpretation of the Koran