Sadr al-Mutuallehin Shirazi on Exoteric and Eroteric Interpretation (Tafsir and Ta'wil)

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor of Payam Noor University

Abstract

The main issue discussed in this article is the view point of Mulla Sadra, the
philosopher and exegete, on esoteric and exoteric interpretation of Qur'an.
Studying his works, particularly the exegetical ones such as Tafsir al-Quran and
Mafatih al-Gayb, displays that in the exegetical system of this shiite esoterical
philosopher, the real interpretation is the esoteric one while insisting on the
"priority of the apparent meaning", he has a strong tendency towards the
esoteric meanings of Quran.
In this review the abstruse is reach through what is apparent of the verses.
 

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