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The tafsîr method Tafsir Methodology is an independent science. The earliest writings related to tafsir methods, have not been totally reached however few of them could shape the methods and the contents of tafsîr. For instance many scholars like Taberi, prefered to give significant methodological information in the introduction part of their books so that the readers get the basics of the work that help to comprehend the whole of the study. Abū Sanā al-Iṣfahānī was the one of the scholar who penned the significant information regarding the methodological information in the introduction part of his works. Iṣfahānī, in the introduction part of his work named as Envâru'l-ḥaḳāʾiḳi'r-rabbâniyye penned about 23 muqaddime and this mukaddime explains many tasks and clues for tafsir methods. This work of Iṣfahānī is available as a manuscript at the collections of many libraries and so firstly in this study, I have comparatively examined the all of these copies. The examination of this work, which is well-known in the literature attached to subject of the methodology of tafsîr, will contribute the methodological knowledge related to this field and will save the new perspectives into tafsîr Methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]