مفهوم‌شناسي اعراف و اعرافيان در روايات تفسيري

Understanding the Concept of the Lofty Barrier (Araf) and the men of the

يكي از مفاهيم‌ قرآني‌ در باب معاد، مساله ي اعراف و اصحاب اعراف است كه در آيات 46 تا 49 سوره الاعراف به آن اشاره شده‌ است، درباره ي اين كه منظور از اعراف چيست و كجاست، و اعرافيان چه كساني هستند؟ ديدگاههاي مختلفي در بين مفسران وجود دارد. در اين ميان، روايات رسيده در اين باب، نكات گوناگوني را بيان داشته كه عمدتاً به دو نظر اشاره كرده اند كه اعرافيان، شفيعان (صاحبان مقام و منزلت) و يا گنه كاراني هستند كه حسنات و سيياتشان بر يكديگر برتري ندارد. از بررسي و تحليل اين روايات، چنين نتيجه گيري مي شود كه مي توان با تكيه بر روايات صحيح السند و صريح الدلالت، ميان اين مباحث به ظاهر متفاوت را با هم جمع كرد و آن اينكه اعرافيان دسته اي از مومنان گنه كار و نيز انسان هاي داراي مقام و منزلتي هستند كه به عنوان ناجيان و شافعان گنه كاران هستند؛ از اين رو، تمايز و تفاوتي كه بين روايات ديده مي شود، برطرف شده و از رهگذر آن، همنوايي روايات با آيات اعراف مستفاد مي شود.

One of the Quranic concepts concerning the Hereafter is the Lofty Barrier (Araf) and their men regarding which the Words of Revelation of 46-49 in Araf Surah in the Holy Quran have pointed this concept. There are different viewpoints among commentators concerning what and where the Lofty Barrier is, and also who the men of the Lofty Barrier are. Regarding this, different viewpoints have been taken into consideration among which there are two viewpoints asserting that the men of the Lofty Barrier are considered as intercessors (who are greatly respectable and esteemed), or sinners whose righteous deeds are not superior to other sinners. By investigating such expository narratives, it is concluded that by relying upon manifest and accurate expository narratives which are available and seem to be different from each other regarding the concept of the Lofty Barrier, and also by combining the two aforementioned viewpoints with each other, we can assert that the men of the Lofty Barrier are believers who commit sins and are highly respectable and esteemed, and they must be considered as saviors and intercessors. Therefore, there remains no difference between the available expository narratives concerning the men of the Lofty Barrier, and the Words of Revelations in Araf Surah corroborate the correspondence of the Words of the Revelation and expository narratives concerning the concept of the Lofty Barrier.