The departing point of this article is the objection towards tafsīr ishārī. This objection can be categorized as an ontological foundation, that tafsīr ishārī stands on the personal kashf, for which reason it cannot stand as reason and an epistemological foundation. Through a comprehensive-analytical study, this study elaborates on the theory correspondence of Qurʾānī, afāqī, and anfusī proposed by Haydar Amuli, a theory that stands as the ontological foundation of tafsīr ishārī. The deduction of the correspondence between Qurʾānī, afāqī, and anfusī or the deduction of the reference of the verse runs through kashf. Kashf is the epistemological basis proposed by Haydar Amuli. The correspondence theory is the basic assumption of the sufī interpretation. This theory is capable of briding the disjuncture of the relationship between the verses and their references in the Sufi interpretation.