The role of polysemy and context from the interpretive view point of 'Aflame Tabatabaee'

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor of Isfahan University

Abstract

With respect to the profound knowledge of 'Allame Tabatabaee about the
Qur'anic terms, their interrelationships and their context, polysemy has been
analysed in his commentary on the Qur'an although it is not directly referred
to.
Today in linguistic and semantic discussions on words with multiple senses,
Sunni Qur'anic researchers investigate it in the field of homonomy as " Aspects
and Such as": while Shi'a researchers such as Molla Sadra and 'Allame
Tabatabaee place it within the field of polysomy and general denotation. It is
in this case that Qur'an's value is elaborated on the basis 01" the new
methodology whereby the miracle of its formula and sense shows itself up. As
a result Qur’an and Islamic teachings are no more isolated among the young
generation and Islam can he propagated more effectively.

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