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                      those  who  do  not  give          2.  Multiple  Levels  of  the
                      originality to this world             Quranic Interior (Batn)
                      except  to  matter  and               According to the Theory
                      there  are  those  who                of Allameh Ma'refat
                      have  the  effect  of  the         •  The multiplicity of levels
                      purity  of  their  nature             of  the  Quranic  Interior
                      who      do     not    see            is  due  to  the  power  of
                      happiness by relying on               comprehension  of  the
                      material pleasures; Rather,           audience: Allameh Ma'refat
                      they  look  at  the  eternal          knows that the multiplicity
                      world  with  their  pure              of levels of the Quranic
                      hearts  and  then  the                Interior  is  due  to  the
                      doors of knowledge and                level  of  comprehension
                      understanding  of  truth              of the listener and each
                      open       for      them.             class  of  people  will
                      (Tabatabai, 1999: 83)                 have  their  share  of
                   •  The relationship between              Quranic expressions.
                      multiple  levels  of  the          •  The     multiplicity    of
                      Quranic  Interior  and                levels  of  the  Quranic
                      moral     purity:    Since            Interior  is  one  of  the
                      spiritual    purity    has            characteristics  of  the
                      several  levels,  those               Holy  Quran:  The  Holy
                      who  believe  in  it  are             Quran  had  its  behind
                      also different in reaching            and  Interior  from  the
                      that    level;   therefore,           beginning of its revelation,
                      what is obtained from the             and  according  to  the
                      interpretation  must  be              obvious  meaning  of
                      different  and  have  a               revelation, it also had a
                      degree  in terms of moral             hidden and esoteric meaning.
                      purity.       (Tabatabai,             (Ma'refat, 2011, Vol. 1: 57,
                      1999: 85)                             Al-Tafsir al-Athari al-Jami)
                                                         •  The     multiplicity    of
                                                            levels  of  the  Quranic
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