University of Tehran Press Classical and Contemporary Islamic Studies 3060-7337 9 1 2026 10 02 Critique of Dhahabī’s Perspective throughout the Historical Periods of Shiʻa Exegesis with the Presentation of a New Model 47 61 103362 10.22059/jcis.2025.392641.1415 EN Amir Joudavi Department of Qurʼān and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran 0000-0003-1555-8464 Mohammad Hossein Baroomand Department of Qurʼān and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran 0000-0003-0001-7817 Samiyeh Shahbazi Department of Qurʼān and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran 0000-0001-8902-4401 Journal Article 2025 03 27 The history of the Shiʻa exegesis refers to the history of writing the exegesis written by a non-infallible commentator. The main purpose of this article is to criticize Dhahabī’s perspective about Shiʻa exegesis and to explain its historical periods throughout presentation of a new model. In this model, The time periods are two stages, five ages and two steps, respectively: the period of the two stages includes: the first stage from the beginning to 440 AH; The second stage from 440 up to now. Five ages including: the first and second ages of the first stage from the beginning to 95 AH; the third age of the first stage from 95 up to 440 AH; the first age of second stage from 440 until 1091 AH; the second age of second stage from year 1091 AH up to now. Also, the time period of the steps of the third age includes: the first step from 95 up to 260 AH and the second step from 260 AH to 440. Also prominent people of each time period, respectively, are: Imam ʻAlī (AS); Saeed Ibn Jubayr, Imām Ḥassan ʻAskarī (AS), Sheykh Ṭūsī and Fayḍ Kāshānī and the time periods are two stages, five ages and two steps, respectively. https://jcis.ut.ac.ir/article_103362_53748f024c801a1671d1ee253e0eba72.pdf