A Critical Study on Al-Wujuh wa al-Nazair in Holy Quran

"Al-wujuh wa al-nazair" is a branch of Quranic science which studies commentaries of Quranic words by consideration of: 1. circumstances of descent (Asbāb al-nuzūl), and 2. rules of the Arabic language. There are many works written in this subject. The authors of these books evidently refer to their beliefs and special views instead of making use of definite principles of interpretation. Sunni commentators explain words from Sunni point of view, and so do Shiite commentators. This leads to arbitrary definition of Quranic words so everyone can employ them as he wishes to prove his opinion. Thus, it seemed necessary to study the manner of these books in order to distinguish the true from false.