imam khomeini and goal - oriented interpretation

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this wtiting is mainly arranged on the following bases: 1. from imam"s viewpoint, the main and essential objective of islam is to make up humans, and this is confirmed by many verses from the quran. 2. who is a real exegete? taking into acount the goals and objectives of the quran is the first and the most essential requirement that the exegete must meet. the exegete should not mingle exegesis with tools for understanding the quran.
otherwise, he will be unable to have an optimum understanding of the quran, and will give people something which is not among the quran"s objectives. an evident example of this in tantavi"s exegesis. 3. how to delineate the quran"s objectives? the best w ay to recognize the quran"s objectives, according to imam, is through the verses of the quran. the writer tries to delineate the objectives of the quran through imam"s interpretation of the verses.