The Comparison of Kashshaf Commentary with Safi and Shawahid Al-Tanzil Commentaries in Terms Of Infallible Imams' Status

Most Shia Commentators such as Feiz Kashani and several Sunni commentators such as Zamakhshari and Haskani have long tried to match some Quranic verses with Holy Prophet's household in their commentaries, based on the traditions related to their occasions of revelation. The present paper seeks to reanalyze such matching in their commentaries. The findings indicate although Zamakhshari have explained the occasions of revelation in details, he has referred and explained only %10 (21 out of 200) of verses related to the virtues of Holy Prophet's household, and very few of infallible Imams' virtues below these verses. He has avoided not only mentioning the verses related to the virtues of the Holy Prophet's household with widely transmitted occasions of revelations, but also analyzing them. On the contrary, Haskani has discussed infallible Imams' virtues and merits through general methods in his Shawahid Al-Tanzil Commentary, using more than 1200 traditions below 210 verses; and Feiz Kashani has explained and clarified infallible Imams' virtues in his Safi Commentary, using particular methods.