Imam Reza's Quranic Adaptations and Citations in Imamate Hadith

Adaptation is a form of application and manifestation of the verses of the Quran in Imams’ words. The present study aimed to examine different forms of adaptations and motivation for their application in the words of Imam Reza. As the Holy Quran for Muslims enjoys a high status among Muslims and is the source from which the Imams took their underlying themes, Imam Reza used the Quranic verses repeatedly in his Imamate hadith to discuss different dimensions of leadership and issues related to it. This article first explain the concept of adaptation and motives behind its usage. Then, it examines this literary element in Imam’s sermon. In this holy Hadith, different forms of adaptations have been used including full, partial, varied, reference and inference adoptions, and it was observed that the Imam utilized each of these forms of adaptations with different motivations and purposes. This paper attempts to examine these adaptations with an analytical approach.