Analysis of the type-identification of interpretative traditions of the Infallibles (A.S)

The interpretative traditions of the Infallibles (A.S) are important from two aspects: (1) authoritativeness of interpretative traditions; (2) types of interpretative traditions.Reference to the exegesis books and evaluation of the traditions contained in them indicate that these traditions are dividable to certain types considering their possession of different functions. As for the types of interpretative traditions, different divisions by the thinkers and researchers of the Qur’anic sciences have been presented among all of which the division intended in the subject of this study has gained the confirmation and attention of certain professors and researchers because of its integrated and ordered classification (the division of the traditions to sections and division of each of the to their subsections)13 and this fact caused its preference and excellence to other kinds.In this division, the interpretative traditions of the Infallibles (A.S) have been studied, from the aspect of their approach, in the three sections of naqlī (narrative), tafsīrī (interpretative) and ta’wīlī (having esoteric interpretation); each section or division contains its subsections or subdivisions. The present article gives a detailed explanation of each of them together with examples for their better conception and deeper understanding.