Methodology of Qurānic Interpretation by Ayatollāh Najafi; A Review of His Life and Works

Ayatollāh Najafi Kāshāni is assumed to be an Islāmic scholar who hardly attempted to interpret Qurān in recent fifty years. During thirty years, he interpreted Qurān for two times for people of Kāshān. He attended in classes of masters of "Sath" (seminary lectures based on reading textbooks) and "Khārij" (seminary lectures not based on reading textbooks) in Najaf. Then he started teaching in Najaf and Qom. Along with writing an interpretation of Qurān, He start teaching the interpretation of Qurān to the public. His valuable collection of interpretations, composed of his methodology, is considered to be Kāshān’s written inheritance. The present study examines the life and works of Ayatollah Najafi along with his methodology of Qurānic interpretation.