A comparative-analytical evaluation of Al-Barhan and Noor al-Saghlain's interpretation method

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1 Associate Professor at Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, International University of Islamic Denominations,Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Narrative commentary is one of the oldest types of commentary that reached its peak in the 11th century with the spread of Akhbarist thinking on Shia scientific fields. Tafsir al-Barhan and Noor al-Saqlain are among the most important narrative commentaries of the Imamiyyah, which were written by Seyyed Hashem Bahrani and Abdul Ali Hawizi in the first half of the 11th century. These interpretations include all the surahs of the Qur'an and the narrations transmitted by the imams (pbuh) have been collected without commenting by the authors. The motivation of the authors was to show the high dignity of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) in understanding the divine verses. Even though both commentaries are considered pure proverbial commentaries and they were written at the same time, but in terms of content, writing style and interpretation method are different from each other and the output of these two commentaries are different. The present research deals with the descriptive-analytical method to the comparative-analytical assessment of Al-Barhan and Noor al-Saqlain's interpretation method, in order to answer the question that what factors caused the difference in the output of both interpretations? With an exploratory look at the content of the commentaries of al-Barhan and Noor al-Saqlain, it was found that the most important similarity in the interpretation method of the two commentators, including the similarity in content and the similarity in style, such as dealing with the traditions of the status and affairs of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbuh) and expressing the content of the defense of Shia, which distorts the hadiths, the hadiths of different readings and reporting, from The most important influencing factors are the similarity of style and content of these two interpretations. The differences between two Tafsir al-Barhan and Noor al-Saqlain include cognitive factors such as: religious beliefs, personal comments, the validity of reason in the interpretation of the Qur'an, and non-cognitive factors such as: caution in quoting complete or fragmented narrations, sensitivity in quoting complete hadith, caution in quoting Israeli traditions, caution in Narration of conflicting narrations and the influence of the location of the interpreter.

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Available Online from 19 October 2024

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  • Receive Date: 01 May 2024
  • Revise Date: 29 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 19 October 2024

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