''Rawd al-Jinan wa Ruh al-Janan'' (''The Cool Breeze of Paradise and od'sBreath for the Soul'') also known as ''Tafsīr Abū al- Futūḥ'' is an exegesis on the Quran written by

Abu l-Futuh al-Razi Abu al-Futuh al-Razi ( ar, أبو الفتوح الرازي), full name Abū al-Futūḥ al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khuzāʿī al-Rāzī al-Nīsābūrī () or Abu al-Futuh Jamal al-Din al-Razi al-Nisaburi (), also known a ...

in the 6th A.H./12th century. The book, consisting of twenty volumes, is the earliest surviving Persian tafsīr with an

Imāmī Imāmah ( ar, إِمَامَة) means "leadership" and is a concept in Twelver theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. According to Twelver ...

Shīʿī emphasis. It delves into mystical themes regularly.Abu l-Futuh al-Razi's entry in Brill Online Encyclopedia of Islam
by Gleave, Robert M.Abu l-Futuh al-Razi's entry in Encyclopedia Islamica
by Negahban, Farzin

Early reception

Exegetical approach

''Rawḍ al-jinān'' is an

exhortatory Advice (also called exhortation) is a form of relating personal or institutional opinions, belief systems, values, recommendations or guidance about certain situations relayed in some context to another person, group or party. Advice is often o ...

Early reception

Exegetical approach

Recognition of Sunni Tafsirs

Impact on later tafsir works

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