Principles and Methods of Razavi Interpretation

From interpretive narratives regarding Ahl-al-Bayt including those about Imam Reza (PBUH), it is concluded that Ahl-al-Bayt sought to teach the principles and the adequate ways to interpret the Holy Quran to their followers so that they can properly benefit from these principles during the Absence and find the path of guidance in any time and under any conditions. The analysis of the interpretive narratives regarding Imam Reza indicates that these interpretive principles include undistortability of Quran, its miracles, its immortality, its conductive nature and science of recitations. Interpretive methods that the narratives suggest include: interpretation of a verse according to a comparable one, interpretation of verses according to interpretive narratives, interpretation through explanation of unfamiliar words, interpretation of a verse through the cause to its revelation, interpretation through specification of certain provisions, interpretation through designation of the addressee, interpretation by querying Quran, interpretation through expression of instances and examples, interpretation by defining the reasons to propositions, interpretation of a verse via companionship method, detailing Quran stories, explication of similar verses and adaptation of verses on external examples.