Analytical review of hadith “Quran can be understood just by those who have been addressed”

Some Akhbaris, referring to the hadith “Quran can be understood just by those who have been addressed”, believe that the Quran's apparent meaning is not valid and the right of interpret the Quran is restricted to the Imams (a.s). This expression follows a tradition that Imam Baqir (a.s) speaks about interpreting some of the Quranic verses with the famous Sunni narrator “Qatādah bin Daᵓāmah”. Therefore, to understand this hadith, it is necessary to examine the conversation. By an analytical study, this research intends to explain the layers of understanding of Quran and the types of interpretive hadiths and to provide pathology of this hadith. The present paper attempts to differentiate between translation, outward interpretation (Tafsir) and inward interpretation (Tawil), and to justify the expression of Imam (a.s) regarding the exclusive right to understand the Quran for the people of address. damage of text’s omission in the hadith has also been rejected.