Majma' al-bayan fi tafsir al-Qur'an (book): Difference between revisions

The Shi'a commentator, theologian and faqih, Amin al-Islam Abu Ali Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabrisi was among the greatest scholars of 6th century AH. Many biographers have spoken about al-Tabrisi's scholarly position and have praised him well. There are different opinions about his birthplace whether he is from Mazandaran province or Tafrish (the possibility that Tabris is the Arabized pronunciation of Tafrish) in Markazi province, near Qom and Saveh. In any case, the scientific and intellectual personality of al-Tabrisi was formed in Mashhad and Sabzevar and was bloomed there. There, he taught different topics and there he became old and passed away. His grave is in Mashhad near the holy shrine of Imam al-Rida (a) at the beginning of a street named al-Tabrisi after him.

al-Tabrisi was among the multi-stylist commentators. He wrote three commentaries, Majma' al-Bayan, Jawami' al-Jami' and al-Kafi al-Shafi, the most comprehensive of the three is Majma' al-Bayan and most compact of which is al-Kafi al-Shafi. According to what he has written at the introduction of Jawami', he saw the commentary Kashaf after writing Majma' al-Bayan and al-Kafi al-Shafi and he was astonished by Zamakhshari's great literary and eloquent discussions and his rational inclinations and thus he wrote a commentary more concise than Majma' al-Bayan under the influence of Zamakhshari's Kashaf and his eloquent approach.