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115) This means that the "apparent meanings as arrived at by way of common sense" through the process of tafsir are neither to be considered as final nor exhaustive, but as subsumable under a higher and more general meaning, which, by its very nature, is more abstract (i. When we confront the startling fact that existence isn't subsumable under any overarching interpretation but simply is, we are left with an irreducible mystery about why we are here or exist at all; and mystery serves at least as well as purpose to inspire spiritual experience. Among some critics there is a tendency, which finds encouragement in Walker's writing itself, to claim a strong analogy between quilting and storytelling, which allows one in turn to see Walker's storytelling as metaphorically subsumable to quilting, which in this scenario "precedes" her story. |
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