Analysis and criticism of Abdul Ali Bazargan's interpretation method

Ijtihadi interpretation of the Quran is one of the methods of interpretation and the result of the instrumental use of intellectual proofs and evidences and the use of the power of thought in summarizing the verses. The interpretation of ijtihad has rules, the observance of which makes the interpretation stable, and regardless of the rules of interpretation, the path of interpretation will be diverted towards the interpretation of opinion. Abdul Ali Bazargan has an audio commentary with ijtihad method. With a non-religious university education and numerous Quranic researches, he has commentary activities in audio-visual media and virtual pages. His stay in America has created suitable conditions for cross-border activities and has attracted a special audience. These requirements reveal the necessity of analyzing and criticizing his interpretation method. Analyzing and criticizing Bazargan's commentary has been done with a descriptive-analytical method. From the findings of this research, the description and analysis of Bazargan's method in adapting modern examples to the meaning of the verses, his different jurisprudential inferences from the verses of Al-Ahkam and the method of their implementation, the explanation of the theory of religious pluralism by referring to the verses of the Qur'an, and finally creating an empathetic interpretation with the own special audience.