The holy Qurān is the revealed book of Muslims. In addition, it is a literary and artistic text which contains all features of an artistic work both in form and content. On the other hand, since Mysticism may be regarded as an aesthetic view to religion and scriptures, in the evolutionary process of interpretation, some commentators have interpreted the Qurān in regard to these two characterist...

One of the research methods being applied in the Qurānic studies is traditional method. The present paper studies traditional method and evaluates the authority of exegetical hadiths. Initially, the writer refers to the three secondary methods of evaluating hadith namely, assessment of the Sanad or chain of transmitters, and content and the cause of a hadith. Then, he studies the views of exege...

Esoteric meaning of the Qurān has long been investigated by Shia and Sunni researchers. Although encountering some changes, esoteric interpretation of the Qurān has more or less survived among Muslims. Along the history of Imamite interpretation, some interpreters applied narrations of the Prophet's household in order to refer to the esoteric meaning of Qurānic verses. But there are few books c...

The so called the traditions of distortion, the ambiguity in the history of codification of the Holy Qurān, the traditions likening the major events in the Islamic nation to the events of past nations and also the fact that the names of the infallible Imams are not mentioned in the Holy Qurān are the most important reasons which lead in the claim that Qurān might be distorted. Out of these reas...

Tasneem, the Holy Qurān interpretation, is a comprehensive and contemporary exegesis that approaches the Holy Qurān with a multilateral perspective. Moreover, the moral character and comprehensive knowledge of the writer necessitate more attention to this unique exegesis. The interpreter has endeavored to present a pure Qurānic exegesis, yet narration has been used extensively in his exegesis. ...

Allāme Tabātabāii has paid special attention to applying narrations in the interpretations of the Holy Qurān. In his famous interpretation of Quran, Allāme Tabātabāii posed the issue of "narrative debates". Through assessing the narrations from fiqh al-hadith perspective and investigating the supply of narrations on the interpretation of Holy Qurān with regard to the rule of context, he analyze...