As a general and public concept; Hermeneutics, is realization and decoding of phenomena and as a particular concept, means paraphrase and interpretation of words and utterances.
There are different elements, for understanding and realizing a text, not paying attention to which, would make us disable in better understanding. These elements are as follows: Time and place of emergence, pre - and post - text components, date and location which are the purpose of narrator for expressing meaning and subjectivity of narrator, direct and indirect contemporaries and addressees. The symbolic language has been available in all societies and in religous texts, also, has had a significant role the sample of which, can be considerd employing symbolic figures and numbers (particulaiy seven) in Quran.
For this purpose paying attention to texts on one hand and considering external meaning, on the other hand, are necessaty.