the article, hereby, introduces elements of rational contemplation, mystical intuition, and traditional - narative as among the main elements of imam"s exegetical method. in rational contemplation, the writer indicates imam"s viewpoint on the hadith, "wh oever interprent the quran by his personal opinion...", as well as the diferences between interpretation by personal opinion and appropriate interpretation.
in the second element, the mystical intuition, he regards the reasons for the validity of intuition method from the viewpoints of mystical exegetes, as follows: 1. the quran, including three bases of: reality and essence of the quran; verses of vision an d intuition; and verses of divine knowledge. 2. narrations which indicate the effect of mystical intuition and "vision through heart" on acquiring divine knowledge. 3. evolutionary relation between mysticism and demonstration (burhan) which is of a coord ination and not contradiction and separation kind as regarded by some. mysticism and demonstration interact one onother, and the functions of demonstration in mysticism are as follows: 1. demonstration, the way of mysticism, 2. demonstration, mysticism s cale, 3. demonstration, as formative of mysticism. similarly, the function of mysticism is summed up in these topics: 1. mysticism is perceiving demonstration, 2. the role of mysticism in expanding horizons of demostvation. also, in the last element of i mam"s exegetical method, narrations of ordinances and narrations of divine and ideological knowledge are taken into consideration.
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