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'''''Al-Burhān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān''''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|البرهان فی تفسیر القرآن}}) is one of the most important Shi'ite narrative exegesis of [[Qur'an]] by [[Sayyid Hashim al-Bahrani]]. The author has discussed  different issues like [[Islamic sciences]], stories, nabawi [[hadith]]s (hadiths that narrated from [[the Prophet (s)]]) and the virtues of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]. Al-Bahrani was an [[Akhbari]] and his exegesis was written in an akhbari manner. Some of the exegetists have criticized his work.

{{Main|Sayyid Hashim al-Bahrani}}

In the preface of his book, he stated that his motivation for writing the book was presenting a source for understanding interpretational theories and the teachings of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] in [[Ta'wil]] and secrets of the [[Qur'an]].

[[Sayyid Hashim al-Bahrani|Al-'Allama al-Bahrani]] has gathered many [[hadith]]s of the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] in the book. He states in his preface:

Al-'Allama al-Bahrani presented his ideas on interpretation and Qur'anic quests in 16 chapters in introduction. He believed that the Qur'an exclusively should be interpreted by [[Imams (a)]]. Even though that his notion of interpretation is close to Ta'wil, in the 6th chapter, he expressly prevented other people to interpret the Qur'an. In the 15th chapter, he stated some points on the unity of the Qur'an and [['Itrat]]. He also emphasized on the inward meaning of Qur'an and on the belief that its knowledge is in the hand of Ahl al-Bayt (a). In the last chapter, he mentioned some of the sources of the book and introduced some terms like [[Nasikh wa Mansukh]], [[Muhkam wa Mutashabih]], [['Am wa Khas]], [[Taqdim wa Ta'khir]] but he didn't present any definition about these terms. Thus, he began to start the exegesis. The atmosphere of the book is proving the rightfulness of Ahl al-Bayt (a) and introducing the virtues of them.

The author used following hadiths collections in his book:

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# ''[[Al-'Amali]]'', by al-Shaykh al-Tusi

# ''[[Khasa'is al-'a'ima]]'', by [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]]

# ''[[Al-Mahasin]]'', by [[Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid al-Barqi]]

# ''[[Majma' al-Bayan]]'', by [[al-Shaykh al-Tabrisi]]

# ''[[Misbah al-shari'a]]'', the hadiths in this book has been attributed to [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]]

# ''[[Minhaj al-haqq wa al-yaqin]]'', [[Wali b. Ni'mat Allah Husayni Radawi Ha'iri]]

# ''[[Ma anzal min al-qur'an fi ahl al-bayt (a)]]'', [[al-Shaykh Muhammad b. 'Abbas b. Marwan b. Mahyar]], well-known as Ibn Juham

# ''[[Tuhfa al-'ikhwan]]'', by [[Sayyid b. Tawus]]

== Versions ==

Beside old publications, ''al-Burhan'' has been published a number of times:

# 'Isma'iliyan institute, published in 5 Volumes, [[Qom]]

# Manuscript of the library of the higher school of [[Shahid Mutahhari]] in Tehran, no 2057

* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%86 البرهان فی تفسیر القرآن] in Farsi Wikishia.

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