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

== About the Author ==

{{main|Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabrisi}}

The Shi'a [[commentator]], [[Theology|theologian]] and [[jurist]], Amin al-Islam Abu 'Ali Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabrisi was among the greatest scholars of 6th/12th. 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 (both in [[Iran]]). 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 ''[[al-Kashshaf]]'' 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 ''al-Kashshaf'' and his eloquent approach.

This commentary covers topics such as: recitation, diacritics, glossary, difficult words, semantics, [[occasion of the revelation]] of [[verses]], related narrations and elaboration of stories. This commentary is very much influenced by [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]]'s ''[[al-Tibyan]]'', with the difference that classifying issues, al-Tabrisi has helped the reader better benefit the text selectively. Those who are more interested in one section of the commentary can easily just refer to the recitation, literature and commentary of that section separately. ''Majma' al-bayan'' does not engage topic-based issues; rather it quotes Sunni commentators' ideas and criticize them using a scholarly approach.

One of the most important advantages of this commentary is its establishment of relations 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.

This approach helps the reader to find out his specific question quickly under one of the mentioned parts and do not have to search it among many pages like other commentaries.

:"''Majma' al-bayan'' is unique among commentaries. This commentary's comprehensiveness, depth and variety of topics, categorization and order are its unprecedented advantages among commentaries before it and rare in works after it."

The importance of Majma' al-bayan is for its comprehensiveness, reliability and authenticity of the discussions, accurate order and clear, helpful interpretation and fair criticism of others' opinions."

* The material of this article is mainly taken from {{ia|[[:fa:مجمع البیان فی تفسیر القرآن|مجمع البیان فی تفسیر القرآن]]}} in Farsi WikiShia.

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