Qoran in Imam Reza's Sirah

The era of twenty year leadership of Imam Reza is a period of the creation and expansion of different sects. Following the establishment of Bayt al-Hekmah under Harun al-Rashid and penetration of non-Moslem beliefs in Islamic society which continued at the time of Ma’mun, some changes appeared in Moslem’s understanding about the religion. During this time disagreement between rationalists and traditionalists came to its height and Mehna era started. In such circumstances Imam Reza, who was the Imam of Shi’ites, tried to clarify religious concepts according to Qoran. He also emphasized on Hadis along with interpretation to understand Qoran and in the case of difference the role of rationale would be considerable. Consequently expressions of Qoranic verses could be find everywhere in Imam’s theoretical and actual Sirah. This paper investigates this issue through a descriptive-analytical approach considering original historical and traditionary sources.