Interpretive Method of Allamah Tabatabaei in “Al - Bayan” compared with “Al-Mizan Interpretation”

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA student, Science of the Quran and Hadith, University of Imam Sadiq, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Science of the Quran and Hadith, University of Imam Sadiq, Iran

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Most of the scholars, know Allamah Tabatabaei mostly through his interpretation "Al–Mizan–fi–tafsire–al-Quran”. But what is less expressed about him is that: he had written the interpretation “Al-Bayan” before writing the “Al - Mizan”. The question here is: what is the cause of authoring "Al–Mizan”? In this paper, with descriptive – analytical method, we focus on the methodology of "Al-Bayan Interpretation", and briefly compare it to the "Al-Mizan interpretation", and also determine the features that has made this interpretation distinguished from "Al–Mizan”. According to the article, since Allamah-Tabatabaei authored his books according to his understanding of the daily needs, when he observed the severe attack of Islam enemies to the Quran and Hadith, wrote “Al-bayan” to defend against the attack. He authored “Al-mizan”, when he saw the lack of a fine, intellectual and comprehensive interpretation among the Shia. It is worth noting that while he gave a particular attention to the logical issues in this interpretation, he didn’t neglect to consider the narratives. The way based on which he wrote his interpretation was the same way to which our imams have leaded us. One can say his different concerns at the time of writing these two fine works, is the cause of structural and formal difference between the two.

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