The science of tafsir (exegesis of the Qur'an) was one of the earliest academic activities in Islam. Since the Qur'an's revelation, a variety of methods and app

This work brings together a collection of commentaries, translated from the original Arabic, on some of the key passages of the Qu'ran. Presenting the views of

Generating precise comprehension of the Quran and the true meaning of its verses is arguably the essence of the most important of the Islamic sciences, Qur’an

Writings in learned subjects from the period eighth to thirteenth centuries, AD.

The current work provides a comprehensive vista on the sciences of the Qur'an as developed in the Shi'i context. It is a systematic presentation of Shi'i litera