During recent century, emergence of religious innovation and reformation aimed at for returning to Quran has initiated new discussions about religious thoughts, Quranic studies and interpretation of the Holy Quran. What makes this period distinct from the others lies in the emergence of novel approaches in religion and commentary of the Quran. Meanwhile, eclecticism, especially in Iran, has had...

One of the prevalent commentary rules about commentary of the historical verses which has a certain revelation occasion and refers to a specific time and place is the rule of alibrah being stated as: take in consideration universality of the word not particularity of the occasion. The source of this rule refers to the verses which have universal word and particular occasion. The referent of the...

در این رساله، دو مدخل از مداخل «دائره المعارف قرآن» از انگلیسی به فارسی برگردانده شده و سپس مورد نقد و ارزیابی قرار گرفته است. عناوین این دو مدخل عبارتند از ? readings of the quran ? recitation of the quran در فصل های اول و سوم، پس از ارائه خلاصه ای از سوابق علمی مولفان، ترجمه صورت گرفته از دو مدخل آورده شده است. در فصل های سوم و چهارم نیز نقد و بررسی مطالب مبهم و نادرست محتوایی مداخل مرق...

The holy Quran has dealt with women`s adornment and its decree in 33 of Ahzab and 60 of Nur. The proposed definitions from the commentators and jurisprudents are various but similar to each other. This paper intends to explain the concept and limit of adornment precisely. Analysis of adornment elements indicates that the domain of women’s adornment is wider than manifesting embellishment and ad...

Subject-based commentary is one of the methods more used by commentators in recent decades than before. In this method, commentators may take a Quranic subject on the basis of inter-Quranic or metaphysical fields, or on the grounds of individual and social life. This method differs from that of Quran to Quran. The latter would lead to explanation and deep perception of the meaning of Quranic wo...

Qurnic commentary based on the order of descending is regarded as one of the modern methods in Quranic commentary. Some assessments, however, have been presented on the validity and authenticity and consequences of the method. The main part of the assessments has centered on possibility or impossibility of agreeable principles and presupposions for the method. The presupposions of the method ha...

The personality and tradition of the prophet, as messenger of Islam, have always captured the attention of scholars. Orientalists have also been concerned about this issue by maintaining different motivations. The main purposes of the Evangelical Christian Orientalists have included fighting against the true religion of Islam as well as denying the Prophet’s mission which have been always on th...

Commentator`s interpretative methods is known as one origin for Shiite and Sunni difference in Quran commentaries. Commentators, when interpreting the verses 22-26 of chapter Suad, differ in conciliating prophet Dawood`s purity and wrong. Surveying Shiite and Sunni`s commentary methods comparatively, the paper has intended to study the origins of commentator`s differences. To do so, some Shiite...