Abstract
The four concepts of Tanzil, Ta'wil, Zahir and Batin are among the fundamental narrative concepts for expressing the various implications of the Holy Quran. Despite the studies that have been conducted on these concepts, there has been little attention paid to their interpretative relationships, and the perspectives presented do not fully align with the narratives in this field. Therefore, this research, considering the belonging of these concepts to a semantic domain and their coexistence in narrative texts, has focused on the comparative analysis of these concepts based on linguistic implications. Through a descriptive-analytical approach, it has been concluded that there is an equivalence between Zahir and Batin which encompass the meanings and instances intended at the time of revelation. It was also determined that some of the tanzili implications can be understood in isolation while others can only be grasped with reference to the infallibles (peace be upon them). In contrast, the batini implications are meanings and instances that are not addressed by the verses of the Quran when considering the context of revelation and were not intended at that time. Furthermore, it was established that there is no equivalence between Ta'wil and Batin; rather, Ta'wil of the Quran encompasses both Zahir and Batin, resulting in some interpretive meanings falling within the domain of Zahir and others in the domain of Batin