The Effect of “the Foundation is More Important than Emphasizing” in the Construction of the Explanatory Meaning: An Applied Explanatory Study

Abstract

This study aims to explore the way interpreters use the rule of “the foundation is more important than emphasizing,” whether confirming or validating it, highlighting the causes of such violation. The researchers extrapolated a number of verses that some interpreters stopped at, analyzed their deductions, and indicated what is consistent with the rule and what contradicts it, using the weighted inferential approach. One of the most important findings of the study is that applying the rule does not stop at the verses of rulings, but rather includes the verses of stories and the verses of evidence of power, among others. Among them is that some interpreters gave preference to what does not agree with the rule due to various considerations showed in the study, including the proof of a true hadith or the reason for an authentic revelation that favors a meaning that contradicts the rule, and among them is the reliance of some interpreters on abnormal readings in determining a meaning that contradicts the rule.