Critique and Analysis of Authors’ Performance in the General Form of Ijtihadi-Logical Foundations of Interpretation

The foundations of interpretation include a collection of divine and human knowledge that the interpreter relies on to interpret the Quran. This subject consists of five essential stages, which can be summarized as follows: 1. definition, 2. organization, 3. the manner of usage, 4. resolving the conflict, and 5. the course of changes. The performance of the authors in this regard can be evaluated in two ways: formative and content-based. The main criteria for assessing the general form include addressing each stage, ensuring no additional main, avoiding the replacement of stages, and preventing the scattering, mixing, or repetition of stages. This research aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the general form performance of the authors. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the study revealed the following results: Some authors have overlooked the first stage; the fourth and fifth stages have received less attention from the authors; the second and third stages are part of the performance of all authors. None of the authors have introduced any essential stages to the five stages. All existing additions either do not play a role in the foundations of interpretation, are related to the introductions of the main discussion, and are subsidiary to the topic, or  can be integrated into one of the five stages.