Tafsir al-Tustari
E700918
Tafsir al-Tustari is an early Sufi Qur’anic commentary attributed to the mystic Sahl al-Tustari, known for its concise, esoteric, and spiritual interpretations of the scripture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tafsir al-Tustari canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7859974 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tafsir al-Tustari Context triple: [Sahl al-Tustari, notableWork, Tafsir al-Tustari]
-
A.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn is a widely studied, concise Sunni Qur’anic commentary jointly authored by the scholars Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī and Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī.
-
B.
Tafsir al-Tabari
Tafsir al-Tabari is a monumental 9th–10th century Qur’anic exegesis by the historian and scholar Al-Tabari, renowned for its comprehensive use of early Islamic reports and linguistic analysis.
-
C.
al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī
Al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī is a seminal 12th-century Qur’anic commentary renowned for its rigorous linguistic analysis, rationalist Muʿtazilī perspective, and enduring influence on later Islamic exegesis.
-
D.
Kitab al-Tafsir
Kitab al-Tafsir is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to explaining and interpreting the verses of the Qur’an through prophetic traditions.
-
E.
Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tafsir al-Tustari Target entity description: Tafsir al-Tustari is an early Sufi Qur’anic commentary attributed to the mystic Sahl al-Tustari, known for its concise, esoteric, and spiritual interpretations of the scripture.
-
A.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn is a widely studied, concise Sunni Qur’anic commentary jointly authored by the scholars Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī and Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī.
-
B.
Tafsir al-Tabari
Tafsir al-Tabari is a monumental 9th–10th century Qur’anic exegesis by the historian and scholar Al-Tabari, renowned for its comprehensive use of early Islamic reports and linguistic analysis.
-
C.
al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī
Al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī is a seminal 12th-century Qur’anic commentary renowned for its rigorous linguistic analysis, rationalist Muʿtazilī perspective, and enduring influence on later Islamic exegesis.
-
D.
Kitab al-Tafsir
Kitab al-Tafsir is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to explaining and interpreting the verses of the Qur’an through prophetic traditions.
-
E.
Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text
ⓘ
Qur'anic commentary ⓘ Sufi text ⓘ tafsir ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Sahl al-Tustari ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Tustar ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Sahl al-Tustari ⓘ |
| circulatedWithin | Sufi circles ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Qur'anic surahs
ⓘ
Qur'anic verses ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 9th century ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
asceticism
ⓘ
divine light ⓘ gnosis ⓘ remembrance of God ⓘ spiritual states ⓘ |
| focusesOn | inner meanings of the Qur'an ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
allusive interpretation
ⓘ
brief glosses on verses ⓘ symbolic interpretation ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Sahl al-Tustari ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
esoteric commentary
ⓘ
mystical exegesis ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Sufi
ⓘ
esoteric ⓘ spiritual ⓘ |
| hasReception |
cited by later Sufi commentators
ⓘ
important source for early Sufi thought ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| hasSchool | Sufism ⓘ |
| hasStructure | fragmentary verse-by-verse notes ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
Qur'an ⓘ
linked to:
Quran
Qur'anic exegesis ⓘ Sufism ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalOrientation | Sunni ⓘ |
| influenced | later Sufi tafsir tradition ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
concise commentary
ⓘ
early Sufi exegesis ⓘ esoteric interpretations ⓘ spiritual interpretations ⓘ |
| transmittedBy | students of Sahl al-Tustari ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sufi teaching ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tafsir al-Tustari Description of subject: Tafsir al-Tustari is an early Sufi Qur’anic commentary attributed to the mystic Sahl al-Tustari, known for its concise, esoteric, and spiritual interpretations of the scripture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sahl