''Tafsir Numani'' is an

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on the

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attributed to

Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Jafar al-Numani Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Jaʿfar al-Nuʿmānī (), also known as Ibn Abī Zaynab (), was a 10th-century Shi'a scholar. His last name suggest that his family came from An Numaniyah, al-Nuʿmāniyyah near Baghdad. He was reportedly a disciple of ...

. The commentary is incorporated into Bihar al-anwar by Majlisi. The book does not include a continuous commentary on all the verses of the suras. It resembles an introduction to another Tafsir such as

Tafsir Qomi The (Arabic: تفسیر القمي), also known as (Persian: تفسیر قمی), is a Shi'i commentary on the Quran by Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Qummi (died 919). It is based on the method of quoting hadiths from the Imams. Most of these hadiths were ...

. Tafsir Numani is a series of traditions from

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transmitted by Ali in order for Muhammad to clarify for Ali important issues about the form and content of the Quran. The book divides verses into categories such as al-nasikh wa l-mansukh (abrogating and abrogated), al-khass wa l-amm (general and specific), al-rukhas min al-azaim (concessions concerning stringencies), al-makki wa l-madani (Meccan and Medinan), ma fihi min ilm al-qada wa l-qadar (destiny and pre-destination), ma huwa baqi muharraf ani jihatihi (which have remained falsified) and ma huwa ala khailaf tanzilihi (that are different from the way they were revealed). The significance of this work is in that it depicts verses based on which the Shia set its doctrines in the interpretation of various issues.

References

* Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī-Shiism, By Meʼir Mikhaʼel Bar-Ashe, pp. 64–66
Na’amäni commentary, Tahoor Encyclopedia
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