At-Tibyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran () is an exegesis of the

Quran The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

in ten volumes written by

Shaykh Tusi Shaykh Tusi (), full name ''Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi'' (), known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah () was a Persian scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. He is the author of two of the Four Books of hadith; namely, '' Tahdhib al-Ahka ...

Shaykh Tabarsi Shaykh Ahmad ibn Abi Talib Tabarsi known as Shaykh Tabarsi ( Persian/Arabic: ), was a 12th-century Persian Shia scholar who died in 548 AH (1153 CE). Life Tabarsi was born in the year 1073 AD in Tabaristan province or some scholars said in ...

, the author of

Majma' al-Bayan Majma‘ al-Bayan fi-Tafsir al-Qur'an () is a tafsir by the 12th century Imami scholar and author Shaykh Tabarsi. This commentary is a comprehensive classical tafsir. Tabarsi was a man of great erudition. He was a master of Arabic and a noted t ...

, admitted using this book in writing his commentary. A copy is available at the Malek Library, Tehran. This exegesis has been published along with its summary as Mukhtasar-ut-Tibyan. The author uses

hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

as a major component in writing his commentary and preserves the traditions of several of Twelver Shi'i imams. According to Bar-Asher, beginning with al-Tusi, Imami exegetes started a new trend in which hadith was no longer the only means of interpreting Quran.

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Tebyan interpretation counted as the first and oldest Shiite interpretation which is available today. Sheikh Tusi mentioned tebyan book as a unique book. According to the book in terms of the interpretation is different from other books. Sheikh Tusi methodology in the interpretation is the result of jurists and theologians 's many years of efforts in

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and

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during Buwayhid time. Can be said that he was impressed by a beautiful approach as useful and honorable Sheikh Morteza was. This interpretation affected more latter interpretations like Al Mizan, Majma Al Bayan etc. All the chapters in this commentary are set by the Qur'an. Sheikh Tusi in his approach tebyan a verbal approach and almost narrative Ast.shykh in tebyan to justify the use of reason in the interpretation of the Qur'an criticizes some point, such as the revelation of the seven letters, and incarnation has been described. This interpretation is fraught with legal, theological and literary and theological content.Nafisi and Ammari, literate-Quranic investigations magazine, third number, autumn 1393 solar, p.106

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