A review of Methodology in Al-Tafsir and Al-Moffaserun fi Thoube Al-Ghashib Al-Joz Al-Sani by Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi Ma’refat

Methodology of the commentary of Quran has had a significant growth in the last decades and has been noted by many scholars of Quran. On the other hand, we hope the necessary condition will be provided to achieve the principles and the framework of explaining this science, and to have a model for its development by examining and criticizing the works written upon the methodology of the commentary of Quran. In this article, the author has examined the second volume of Al-Tafsir and Al-Mofserun by Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi Ma’refat. Therefore, he, first of all, provides a brief biography, and then talks about Al-Tafsirva Al-Mofserun fi Thoube Al-Qashib and its different editions. Following this, he analyzes the framework and content of the book; and examines the issues which are about the methodology of the commentary of Quran. He points out four factors which are essential to be reviewed: 1. Inequality of the structure of the introduction of the commentaries, 2. the limitation of the illustration of every commentary to the structure of composition and some features of content, 3. inconsistency among different kinds of Ijtihadi commentaries, 4. Insufficiency in the presenting of Ayat Al-ahkam in the last two decades. Finally, he presents his suggestions to recover these defects.