The Relationship between Two Shiite Interpretive Discourses in the Middle of the Second Century AH: The network of Mofazal and the Radical Ghulat

Research on interpretive ideas and the history of interpretation is one of the well-known fields in Quranic and interpretive studies. However, attention to the history of the formation of the idea of ​​esoteric interpretation and its relationship with exaggerated and esoteric interpretive tendencies in the field of Shiism has received less attention. In the period of Imam Sadegh (AS) and then in the middle of the second century AH, the interpretive discourse of the network of radical extremists was formed. However, studies show that historically there was a serious distinction between the network of Mufaddal and radical Ghulat such as Abu l-Khattab and, consequently, their interpretive discourse. Using the approach of the history of ideas and thought in Islamic studies, this study seeks to investigate the relationship between the interpretive tendency of the Mofazal network and radical extremists with the transition to the era of Imam Sadegh (AS) and approaching the middle of the second century AH. . This study will be based on a detailed analysis of the evolution of the interpretive tendency of the Mofazal network in the time of Imam Sadegh (AS).