تفسير علمي قرآن از ديدگاه مفسران شيعه

Scientific Interpretation of the Qurʹan from the Viewpoint of Shiʹite Scholars

During the history of exegeses of the Qurʹan, many interpreters have drawn upon empirical sciences, sometimes to an extreme extent. Certain scholars tried to search for all types of human sciences in the holy book, and some attempted to impose unverified scientific views on the Qurʹanic versus, arriving at self-styled opinions. Shiʹite interpreters have used the scientific approach moderately for more than a thousand years. The roots of this approach can be found in Majmaʹal-Bayan. Many others have followed this approach, particularly in the present century. For instance, Ayatollah Makarim distinguishes between conclusive and inconclusive scientific findings, and allows drawing on the first group for interpreting the Qurʹan. Ayatollah Maʹrifat, on the other hand, makes a distinction between two types of ascribing scientific accounts to the holy book, namely, conclusive and possible. He maintains that we can only speak about a possible link between the Qurʹan and such accounts. They both accept that the holy book is a scientific mirache.