The narrated auditory stories and events,

as they were told without any mental manipulation in them.

[The stance of some early commentators regarding allusions in the verses:]

And a group of early commentators used to

put the allusions mentioned in the verse before their eyes,

and suppose some interpretations suitable for it,

and state them in the form of possible possibilities,

and that becomes confused to the later ones so they fall into doubts and problems.

And since the methods of clarification were not refined in that era,

therefore often the statement is confused with the possibility,

with the statement of certainty and definiteness so they believe one of them in place of the other,

and this is an Ijtihadi matter in which there is scope for exercising the intellect,

and running of the steeds of saying and gossip.

And whoever preserves this subtlety, then indeed he is able to speak with the decisive statement in many places of disagreement between the commentators,

and to know in many of the debates of the Companions - may Allah be pleased with them - and their discussions,

that they are not their definitive matured views,

rather they are scientific views which the mujtahids circulate among themselves for research and consideration.

Meaning of the statement of Ibn Abbas - may Allah be pleased with him - regarding wiping the feet:

And upon this interpretation the poor author interprets the statement of Ibn Abbas - may Allah be pleased with both of them - regarding the noble verse: