The Comprehensiveness of the Holy Quran as Expressed in al-Mizan Commentary

The comprehensiveness of the Quran is one of the important principles of interpreting this book. The perspective of Allama Tabatabai, the contemporary influential commentator is of high significance in this regard. It can be a key to solve certain theoretical problems in the field of religious thought, model, and practice. The comprehensiveness of the Quran, according to Allama Tabatabai stays as to refer a perfect text. Allama refers to three aspects of this perfection as follows: 1. Being comprehensive as to refer to a divine text which provides full and multidimensional explanation about all human problems. 2. Being comprehensive as to refer to a divine text which encompasses all subjects and all problems. 3. Being comprehensive as to refer to both above mentioned aspects. It is worthy of mentioning that these three aspects of comprehensiveness might be viewed independently or as compared to previous divine scriptures. Independent comprehensiveness of the only quran could refer to two different meanings: Comprehensiveness in all aspects. Comprehensiveness in one particular aspect such as what deals with human needs for guidance. This categorization could be divided into nine forms. References and proofs are found in al-myzan which explains seven forms of there nine kinds. Yet the majority of his explanations stay for the sixth kind which explains the quran comprehensiveness in terms of inclusion of various problems which are explained independently and only in the quran and as to deal with a particular field such as guiding needs. Allamah Tabatabai believes that the comprehensiveness of the quran in its all divisions depends on both appearances (ع) Inner depth of the quran. Aspects such as ethics and morality in its detail are discussed in apparent side of the quran but only a general definition of teachings (maarif), rulings, and decrees (ع) Principles are mentioned in apparent side of the quran therefore explanation and details of there issues of reflected in narrations of could be found somewhere else.