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Commentary on the Quran and hadith by Shia scholar Mohsen Fayz Kashani

Tafsir Safi

Author Mohsen Fayz Kashani
Original title الصافي في تفسير القرآن
Language Arabic
Subject Qur'anic exegesis (Tafsir)
Genre Islamic literature
Publication date 17th century
Publication place Iran
Media type Print

Tafsir Safi (full name: al-Safi fi Tafsir Kalam Allah al-Wafi) is an exegesis of the Qur'an written by 17th century Shia scholar Mohsen Fayz Kashani.[1] This commentary on the Qur'an mostly cites from the Twelve Imams and may be classified as a work on hadith.[2] It belongs to an era when most tafsirs relied "heavily on polemical hadith tradition buttressed by the accumulated wealth of hagiography and the euphoria of power after a long history of frustration" imposed on the Shias.[3]

  1. ^ Achena, M. "Fayḍ-i Kās̲h̲ānī." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman; , Th. Bianquis; , C.E. Bosworth; , E. van Donzel; and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2011. Brill Online. Augustana. 6 April 2011 Web.
  2. ^ H. Algar, "FAYŻ-E KĀŠĀNĪ, MOLLĀ MOḤSEN-MOḤAMMAD" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
  3. ^ The Qurʾan and its interpreters. 1 By Mahmoud Ayoub, p. 38