The Comparative Analysis of Sunni and Shi’ite Traditions in the First 5 Hijri Centuries about the Qur’anic Verse “But Thou Art Truly a Warner, and to Every People a Guide"

Abstract

There are some traditions in Sunni and Shi’ite sources on the 7th verse of Surah al-Ra’d that are notable in terms of numerous different perspectives in this regard while there has been no comparative research on this subject yet. To this aim, the present study uses descriptive analysis to deal with the comparative study of the existing evidences in Sunni and Shi’ite traditions in the first 5 Hijri centuries. In this regard, only the traditions that introduce Imam Ali (PBUH) and then the following Imams as the guide after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) are in agreement with the stylistics of the verse, Qur’anic terminology, and comprehensiveness. However, those Sunni traditions that introduce merely Prophet Muhammad and Imam Ali as the guides are true for those given ages. © Rezaii Haftadar, H; Zahedi Far, S; Kouhi, Q. (2020) The Comparative Analysis of Sunni and Shi’ite Traditions in the First 5 Hijri Centuries about the Qur’anic Verse “But Thou Art Truly a Warner, and to Every People a Guide". Biannual Journal of Comparative Exegetical Researches, 6 (11) 115-139. Doi: 10.22091/ptt.2020.4110.1522

Keywords

• guide (hadi)
• warner (munzir)
• imam ali (pbuh)
• narrative exegesis
• the qur’anic