Qur’an and Social Sciences

Qur’an and Social Sciences

Ruwiqird Allameh Tabatabai attributed to the social narratives in the interpretation of the balance

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
ruhollah mohammadi 1
amanelah naseri karimnand 2
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, University of Holy Quran Sciences and Education, Qom, Iran
2 PhD student in Quran and Hadith Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
10.22034/arq.2023.336323.1094
Abstract
Using the narrations of the Infallible Imams (peace be upon them) as the Second
Source of Islam (Thiql Asghar) is one of the most important and essential sources
of interpretation for every interpreter. Each of the commentators use some kind of
narration, but they have different views and approach about how to use this valuable
source. In this context, Allameh Tabatabaei paid special attention to the use
of hadiths in interpreting the Qur'an. One of the types of narrations that he dealt
with in many places is narrations related to social issues, events and conditions of
society [especially in the era of revelation]. During his commentary, he brought up
a discussion entitled "The Narrative Research" for a detailed and comprehensive
examination of the narrations, especially the presentation of them to the Qur'an. He
evaluated the narrations in detail and criticized the ijtihad of other commentators
regarding the use of narrations in the interpretation of the Quran.
The following article, which was conducted with a descriptive-analytical method and
library resources, attempts to discover Allameh's approach towards the social narratives
in Tafsir al-Mizan. The result of the present study is that the author of Al-Mizan
has analyzed the narrations related to social issues with different bases, including
the criteria of presenting the narrations to the Qur’an, in many cases and from different
aspects, and through different approaches such as: document review, semantic
study, criticism of the narrations of Asbab al-Nuzoul and Sha’an al-Nuzoul (the causes
and reasons of revelation), Al-Jary and al-Tatbiq (the study of an example and
its application otherwhere), criticizing the approaches of interpreters in how to use
hadiths, studying the fiqh al-hadith, and the verification and use of hadiths, etc. Finally,
he corrected, analyzed and revised the exegetical narrations on a large scale.
Keywords
Social Narrations
Allamah Tabatabaei
Narrative Research
Tafsir al-Mizan
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  • Receive Date 29 May 2022
  • Revise Date 29 April 2023
  • Accept Date 01 July 2023