The goal of interpretation is a defensible understanding of the Qur’an, not an endless invention of possibilities. Several branches of learning assist this task, but unearned certainty is a serious methodological problem.
Evaluate a transmitted claim through its evidence of transmission, a syntactic claim through Arabic usage, and a legal conclusion through the full set of relevant proofs. This distinction does not narrow knowledge; it prevents misapplied argument.
Rule: the certainty of the conclusion must not exceed the quality of the proof. State possibilities as possibilities and established texts as established texts.