Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)

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Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries) refers to Mulla Sadra’s philosophical and mystical exegeses of the Qur’an, in which he applies his transcendent theosophy to interpret scripture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical work
Quranic commentary
Shiʿi theological work
mystical exegesis
aim integration of mystical unveiling with scriptural exegesis
philosophical clarification of Quranic doctrines
approach mystical exegesis
philosophical exegesis
theosophical exegesis
audience Shiʿi scholars
linked to: Shia hawzas

advanced students of philosophy and theology
author Mulla Sadra
basedOn Qur’an
linked to: Quran
circulation manuscript tradition
commentaryType partial commentary on selected surahs and verses
discipline Islamic mysticism
Islamic philosophy
Quranic studies
emphasizesConcept gradation of existence (tashkik al-wujud)
inner and outer meanings of revelation
primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud)
substantial motion (al-haraka al-jawhariyya)
unity of intellect and intelligible
focus metaphysical interpretation of key Quranic passages
genre tafsir
influencedBy Ibn Arabi
Ibn Sina
linked to: Avicenna

Shiʿi hadith tradition
Suhrawardi
language Arabic
laterReception influential in Iranian philosophical tafsir
studied in Shiʿi seminaries
mainThemes eschatology
metaphysics of existence
mystical knowledge
ontology
method harmonization of reason and revelation
use of metaphysical principles in interpretation
period 17th century
region Safavid Iran
linked to: Safavid Empire
relatedWork Mafatih al-Ghayb (Mulla Sadra)
al-Asfar al-Arbaʿa
religiousTradition Islam
schoolOfThought Twelver Shiʿism
linked to: Twelver Shia
usesPhilosophicalSystem Sadrian philosophy
Transcendent Theosophy

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Mulla Sadra notableWork Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi notableWork Tafsir al-Qurʾan al-karim
linked to: Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)
Mulla Sadra notableWork Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries)
subject linked to: Sadr al-Muta’allihin