Dispelling and Correcting Misconceptions by Using the Arabic Triliteral Verb "ḥasiba, to think" and its Different Tense-related Conjugations in the Quran

Abstract

The aim of the study is to deduce the tools and methods employed by the Noble Quran in dispelling and correcting misconceptions, explore the semantic denotations of  the Arabic triliteral verb "ḥasiba" (to think, assume)" and its role in the Quranic usage. The study also examines the impactful concepts based on false allegations and deviant perspectives adopted by some individuals and refutes them while providing a foundation for sound conceptions and a guideline for the rectification of behaviour. These misconceptions total thirteen ones about creed and behaviour, contained in fourteen places where the Arabic triliteral verb "ḥasiba" and its various conjugations are used.

The study used the inductive approach to dealing with the Quranic verses from which the tools and methods of correcting misconceptions can be derived in addition to the verses in which the Arabic triliteral verb "ḥasiba" and its conjugations are used and categorized them into a comprehensive systematic concept. The same approach is used for addressing other Quranic verses dispelling and correcting same misconceptions without using the triliteral verb "ḥasiba", and those particular verses are detailed in the footnotes. The study used the analytical deductive approach for analyzing evidences and identifying those who hold misconceptions and their responses.

 The study reached some findings as follows:

-    The Noble Quran used different tools and methods to refute and correct misconceptions and all that can confuse truth or normalize falsehoods.

-    The verb "ḥasiba" is borrowed from its abstract meaning to a concrete one as if a holder of a misconception goes through a process of accounting and reasoning, which results in his perceptions and assumptions.

The verb "ḥasiba" connotes a dominant and quasi-certain belief. It denotes a belief that is based on knowledge and consideration but questionable. The assumer espouses one of the two extremes without taking the other into his account

-   The Noble Quran uses carefully the nuanced denotation of the verb "|ḥasiba" to expose illusions by people who were involved in invalid reasoning and blind reflection, which led them to misconceptions and false beliefs. The usage of the verb "ḥasiba" is intended to correct these misconceptions that have nothing to do with proper knowledge and careful consideration.

The study concluded with some recommendations, the most important of which is that the methods and tools used by the Noble Quran for dispelling and correcting misconceptions should be incorporated into a thorough scholarly treatise.