Conceptual Analysis of Explanatory Narrations in the Light of the Ideas of Allamah Tabataba'i and Ayatollah Ma'refat

Explanatory narrations have allocated a considerable amount of Imamiyya's interpretative narrations to themselves. These narrations have been less widely criticized in the past due to conceptual difficulties and the complex relationship with the appearance of verses. But in contemporary times we witness theoretical efforts by Allameh Tabataba'i through the theory of jary (applicability) and Ayatollah Ma'refat through the theory of "batn" (hidden meaning). Permissibility of developing the referent of the motion or the possibility of adapting the concepts of the verses to the hidden and latent referent of the motion is the extract of Allamah's theory, and equivalence of the non-manifested layer with general concepts and away from the non-specific attributes of the purpose of the verses is the extract of the theory of Ayatollah Ma'refat. However, some types of narrations cannot be analyzed and justified by these views and solving them requires new theories in the field of the methodology of the interpretation of the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.). Using a descriptive-analytical method this paper is conducted.