A Study on the Quran interpretation Based on Its Order of Revelation

Among the issues in Quranic fields, interpretation of Quran based on the order of revelation has attracted the attention of many practitioners of this field. This group believes that this style of interpretation has a unique role in discovering psychological, educational, ethical, social and political aspects of Quran verses among which are gradual progresses against polytheists and unbelievers. This group believes that without adopting this method, true understanding of the Quranic concepts and achieving educational and guiding principles of Quran would not be possible or at least it would be very difficult. Pointing to the revelatory nature of the order and discussing two categories of quality of the order in Imam Ali’s interpretation and sudden revelation along with its order, the present paper has proven that continuing interpretation based on order of revelation is unnecessary and it might be said that it is even against expediency and wisdom.