Delving into ‘Allāma Ṭabāṭabā’ī's Theory on the "Indicative Independence of Complete Qur'anic Sentences" (Principles of Theory - Types of Indications)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D. Student of Qur'an and Hadith Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

2 Associate Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

3 Associate Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad,

10.22081/jqr.2024.68893.3988

Abstract

‘Allāma Ṭabāṭabā’ī's (ra) interpretive style in Tafsīr al-Mīzān in utilizing the context evidence and giving it great importance in discovering the denotations (madālīl) of the noble verses, has led to the possibility of calling this interpretation "contextual interpretation"; however, alongside this interpretive style, he has revealed an "interpretive style independent of the collective context" based on a plethora of narrations from the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.). The brevity of ‘Allāma's statements in verse 115 of Surat Al-Baqarah and the reliance on them by some researchers have led to the neglect of presenting a coherent theory about ‘Allāma's view, to the extent that some people have considered his view to be devoid of scientific support, and in many writings they have also referred to one of its dimensions as "independent phrases." The present article is intended to provide coherence to ‘Allāma's theory, explain its pillars and dimensions, and enunciate the text of his statements using an analytical-descriptive method, and has concluded that the validity of this interpretative style is based on one of the methods of the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.)'s inference from the verses of the Holy Qur'an, and as a transmission-interpretation rule, which can be entitled as the principle of "evidential authority of every fully significant or independent Qur'anic sentence." Its fundamental and primary element is based on the possibility of ignoring some levels of context and considering the context and the emergence of a fully significant sentence that conveys a correct meaning with respect to the religious system. Its subsequent pivot happens to be the development of the denotations of latitudinal or horizontal level (in independent phrases) and the development of longitudinal or vertical level (in independent and non-independent phrases) with a segmented and abstract approach to the context.

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