Investigating the Effect of Differences in Recitations (Qira’at) on Interpretational Comprehension of Al-Mizan

Correct interpretation of Quranic verses has been considered as one of the necessities of Islamic society throughout the history of Islam till now. One of the important prerequisites in interpreting the verses is having the correct recitation narrated by the Prophet (PBUH). The commentators of the Holy Quran have taken different approaches to the issue of differences in recitation. One of the most important of these approaches is to critique the popular recitation and choose the correct recitation from among the various recitations. Allama Tabatabai is one of the commentators who have interpreted the verses of the Quran with this insight. The current research with descriptive-analytical approach deals with investigating Allama’s viewpoint concerning the differences in recitations and its effect on interpretational comprehension in Al-Mizan. In the face of the problem of differences in recitations in a different way, sometimes he prefers the popular recitation sometimes according to different criteria such as the context of the verses, avoidance of grammatical extra-strict, the necessity of the meaning of nature, compliance with the Islamic obvious ruling, compliance with rational arguments and so forth, he prefers the unusual recitation and sometimes, despite pointing out the difference in recitations, he refused to prefer one over the other. Explaining his criteria and patterns in the critique and preference of recitations, as well as the analysis of recitations that have been mentioned without a preferred reason, is one of the most important topics of this research of the present study