Position of Sabab al-Nozoul Narrations, their Functions and Criteria for Criticism in Atyab al-Bayan Commentary

Knowledge to the cause of revelation of the Quran is one the important sciences for understanding the Quran. Commentators and Quran scholars pay attention to Sabab al-Nozoul and its function for understanding of the Quran. So, they apply them in various types. Sabab al-Nozoul Narrations have different functions in exegesis such as: Explaining of the meaning of the word, determining of the time of revelation of surah and verses, explaining of the law verses, explaining of the ambiguous verses, explaining of the details of the Quran stories specially Prophet Mohammad story. This research through descriptive - analytical method is going to study position of Sabab al-Nozoul narrations, their Functions and their Criticism Criteria in Atyab al-Bayan Commentary as a contemporary Shiite interpretation. After a complete study of the interpretation, comprehensive and detailed information regarding Sabab al-Nozoul narrations, amount of benefit and quality of quotation will be presented. Then functions of this kind of Hadith in Atyab al-Bayan will be clarified. Lastly, expressing of criteria of criticism and analysis of Sabab al-Nozoul narrations based on Sayyed abdoul Husein Tayeb point of view and their critical analysis are presented. The result shows that the author of Atyab al-Bayan have a very critical approach to Sabab al-Nozoul narrations and apply some criteria for analysis them as well as solving the confliction among them.