contemporary shii commentators of the quran and the ghurar quranic verses: the nature, approaches and types

“ghurar” verses, according to some contemporary shii-imami commentaries, refer to the comprehensive quranic expressions which have an explanatory eminence in a specific subject-matter and have a unique and useful feature to explain the matter and resolve its problems. these verses have gained an authority in explaining the quranic teachings, and gradually have become the reference point of many exegetical narrations. the nature and criteria of these verses, however, have not been yet specified, and their theoretical and methodological studies have not been discussed. this paper aims to survey the conceptual nature of these verses, their phenomenal context, and different approaches to them, as well as the methods of exploration and the classification model of them. one can find two teleological and structuralist approaches to introduce the ghurarverses among the contemporary imami commentators. the exploration of these verses is possible based on narrative, rational and literary methods. the comprehensive standard model for classification of such verses is based on the theory of religious knowledge in its five major realms.