''Tafsir Rahnama'' is a contemporary 20 volume
exegesis
Exegesis ( ; from the Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretation ...
on
Qur'an
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , s ...
in
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
. So far 17 volumes of this work have been published. The book is based on
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...
's studies on Qur'an.
Background
Hashemi spent 3 years in jail from 1976 until the Iranian revolution in 1979 in
Evin Jail. During this time, he finished 22 notebooks (each 200 pages) on what he understood from Qur'an. These notes consisted of 30,000 possible interpretations from Qur'anic verses. Later after the revolution, for the sole purpose of accomplishing this project, a center titled "Quranic culture and science" (''Markaz-e-Farhang va Maaref-e-Qur'an'') was established in which researchers could develop the commentary. The researchers in a group of 5 investigated each interpretation and approved them in a group of 3. The first volume was published in 1992.
Structure
The book is structured is as follows:
* The book does not follow a traditionalist (narrative; based on
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...
) method, but it uses narrations that help clarify the meaning.
* It relies principally on the literal meaning of the verses.
* It uses the relation of different phrases with each other.
* The occasion where the
verses were revealed was used to help understand the passage better.
''Tafsir Rahnama'' categorizes different subjects covered in Qur'an so the reader can choose his subject of interest.
See also
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Qur'an
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , s ...
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Qur'anic exegesis (Tafsir)
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List of tafsir works
The following is a list of tafsir works. ''Tafsir'' is a body of commentary and explication, aimed at explaining the meanings of the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. Tafsir can broadly be categorized by its affiliated Islamic schools ...
References
Shia tafsir
Books by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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