the validity of the quran-to-quran exegetical method with an emphasis on traditional islamic narratives in tasnim interpretation

one of the exegetical methods coming into focus in the contemporary era due to the efforts of allameh tabatabai and then by ayatollah javadi-amoli is the quran-to-quran interpretive method. various arguments have been proposed for the validity of this method. one of these is that the traditional islamic narratives consider the quran as the criterion for assessing the validity of narrative. by the same method, the quran is considered to be independent of the islamic tradition for an explanation of its intentions. by reference to the collection of islamic traditional narratives, it is found that this argument faces several shortcomings. the present study aims to elaborate this argument and then analyze its shortcomings. furthermore, as he is one of the contemporary revivers of this school of exegesis, the present study is based on the views and theories of ayatollah javadi-amoli.