Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad Ali Mahdavi-Rad ¹
• Roohallah Shahidi ²
• Hamed Khani (Farhang Mehrvash) ³
• Mahdi Faramarzi Palangar ⁴

¹ Associate Prof in Quran and Hadith Studies, College of Farabi University of Tehran, Qom,Iran.

² Assistant Prof in Quran and Hadith Studies, College of Farabi University of Tehran, Qom,Iran.

³ Associate Prof in Quran and Hadith Studies, College of Azad univerdity of Gorgan

⁴ Ph. D. student in Quran and Hadith Studies, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran.

Abstract

In the advanced religious sources, Shia narrators who lived in the first four centuries of Hijri have been accused of exaggeration.The theme of some of their narrations is the interpretation of the HolyQur'anquoted bythe Shia imams.His interpretative narrations can be recovered among various hadith works.The Shiite scholars have not attributed Ghol to all these personalities.However, it should be assumed that sometimes these narrators are accused of exaggeration as a result of the themes they havenarrated.Perhaps part of the themes that caused these narrators to be accused of exaggeration are the ones that are reflected in their narratives. In order to test this possibility, we must find out whether they have a common approach in interpreting the Qur'an by reviewing the exegetical traditions passed down from these accused of exaggeration. And if there is such a shared approach, can it distinguish their interpretation method from the general attitudes of Shiites or not? The present study, as the first step of investigating this issue, is an attempt to answer the first question. For this purpose, by accepting the basis that the items of each narrator are the result of his selectiveness and represent his insights, by reviewing the interpretative narratives of those accused of exaggeration, we will try to find out which types of understanding fthe textthey havereflected in their interpretation, and among them, which types ofrepresentation and reflection It iswider.Inthis study, thehypothesis is tobe defendedthat theinterpretation bases of those accused of exaggerationarenotsignificantlydifferentfromtheattitudesofotheradvancedShia scholarsButitispossibletofindasignificantrelationshipbetweenthetendencytoexaggerationandtheuseof someinterpretationtechniquesmentionedbyWensbro.

Keywords

• Accused of exaggeration
• tafsir batin
• interpretive techniques
• metaphor
• reading difference