"Ghulūw and Esoteric Qur'anic Interpretation in the Early Islamic Centuries: Jābir ibn Yazīd al-Juʿfī as a Case Study" by Mohammad Khalil Tarraf

In this presentation, Mohammad Khalil Tarraf critically examines the esoteric (bāṭinī) interpretive method attributed to Jābir ibn Yazīd al-Juʿfī, questioning its coherence against established linguistic and contextual frameworks of exegesis. He explores how the concepts of ẓāhir and bāṭin were used to construct alternative layers of Qur'ānic meaning within early ghulāt-linked tradition.