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Majmaʿ al-bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān

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Discription of This Book

Majmaʿ al-bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān (Arabic: مَجمَعُ البَیان فی تَفسير القُرآن) written by al-Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi (d. 548/1153-4) is one of the most important Qur'anic commentaries in the Islamic world that Shi'a and Sunni scholars have referred to and regarded as one of the old references which has been compiled in the best way with consistent headings. The Importance of this book is because of being comprehensive, authenticity of the content, having precise order, having clear and useful points, and justice in reviewing different opinions.This commentary covers topics such as: recitation, diacritics, glossary, difficult words, semantics, occasion of the revelation of verses, related narrations and elaboration of stories. One of the most important points of this commentary is its discussions regarding the relation between the verses in which further or apparently less connected verses were explained and from this perspective, al-Tabrisi can be considered among rarest Shi'a exegetes who have reflected on the relations between verses.