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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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