Tafsir al-Nisaburi

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Ghara'ib al-Qur'an
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EditorZakariyya 'Umayrat
AuthorNizam al-Din al-Nisaburi
Original titleGhara'ib al-Qur'an wa Ragha'ib al-Furqan
CountryKhorasan (in Persian stands for 'Land of Sunrise')
LanguageArabic
SubjectTafsir, Sufism, Kalam, Cosmology
PublisherDar al-Kutub, al-'Ilmiyyah, Beirut
Publication date
1996
Pages3776
ISBN978-2-7451-0603-2
Followed byLub al-Ta'wil fi Tafsir al-Qur'an 

Ghara'ib al-Qur'an wa Ragha'ib al-Furqan (Arabic: غرائب القرآن ورغائب الفرقان, lit. 'Wonders of the Qur'an and Desiderata of the Criterion')[1] or shortly named Ghara'ib al-Qur'an (English: Wonders of the Qur'an),[2] better known as Tafsir al-Nisaburi (Arabic: تفسير النيسابوري), is a classical Sunni[3][4][5]-Sufi tafsir of the Qur'an,[6] authored by the Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi (d. ca. 730/1329-30), who closely follows al-Fakhr al-Razi's tafsir in many places.[7][8]

It was the first commentary of the Qur'an in Arabic written in India. A handwritten copy of this commentary is available in the Library of the tomb of Hadrat Peer Muhammad Shah Sahib in Ahmedabad.[9]

This commentary took him about five years to finish.[10][11]

Background[]

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Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi relied on several earlier sources for his interpretation, including the following:[8][12][13]

  • Mafatih al-Ghayb by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606/1210).
  • Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1144).
  • Al-Wasīt fi Tafsir al-Qur'ān al-Majīd by (d.468/1075-6).

Reception[]

According to Muhammad Husayn al-Dhahabi, the tafsir was praised by  [ar] (d. 1313/1895) in his book Rawdhat al-Jannat.[14]

About the author[]

Main article: Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi

He was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, jurist, Qur'an exegete, poet, and was generally regarded as a 'sage', that is, one attuned to philosophy and logic.[15][16] He was born in Nisapur and was known as Nizam al-A'raj. His origin, the origin of his family and his clan is the city of Qom. After completing his education he came to India and settled in Daulatabad[disambiguation needed]. He wrote several books on philosophy, geography and sufism. He wrote another commentary of the Qur'an in one volume known as "Lub al-Ta'wil fi Tafsir al-Qur'an". The exact year of his death is not known. It varies from 710 A.H. to 728 A.H. in available records.[9]

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References[]

  1. ^ Clifford Edmund Bosworth; Muhammad Osimi, eds. (1992). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Unesco. p. 105. ISBN 9789231036545.
  2. ^ Jane Dammen McAuliffe, ed. (2002). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʼān. Brill Publishers. p. 112. ISBN 9789004120358.
  3. ^ Ahmad Hasan Dani; M. S. Asimov; Clifford Edmund Bosworth, eds. (1992). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. 4. . p. 105. ISBN 9788120815964. He displays considerable veneration for the family of the Prophet, but makes no concessions to Imami Shi'ite teachings, and so shows himself to have been a Sunni.
  4. ^ "Ghara'ib al-Qur'an by Nizam al-Din Nishapuri". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021. وإذا كان هناك من يتوهم فيه التشيع أو الميل للاعتزال، فإنه ينفي عن نفسه ذلك بوضوح ويقرر انه ينطلق من معسكر أهل السنة، فيقول رحمه الله: «إنني لم أمِلّ في هذا الكتاب إلا إلى أهل السنة والجماعة، فبينت أصولهم ووجوه استدلالاتهم».ومن أجل ذلك كان إذا تعرض للاختلافات ا��فرعية، ذكر كل وجهة نظر بأدلتها دون تعصب أو خصومة؛ ويحبذ ان تتعدد الآراء وتتنوع الاجتهادات..!
  5. ^ Muhammad Husayn al-Dhahabi (1997). Al-Tafsir wa al-Mufassirun (in Arabic). 1. Cairo: Maktabat Wahbah. pp. 231–236.
  6. ^ "Ghara'ib al-Qur'an by Nizam al-Din Nishapuri". Youm7. Archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021.
  7. ^ Mohammed Rustom (2012). The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra. SUNY Press. p. 44. ISBN 9781438443416.
  8. ^ a b Mahmoud M. Ayoub (1984). The Qur'an and Its Interpreters. 1. SUNY Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780873957274.
  9. ^ a b Muhammad Zahid-ul-Hussaini (1992). Commentators of the Holy Quran. Ferozsons. p. 51. ISBN 9789690100689.
  10. ^ Ahmad Hasan Dani; M. S. Asimov; Clifford Edmund Bosworth, eds. (1992). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. 4. . p. 105. ISBN 9788120815964. (Wonders of the Qur'an and Things to be Desired in the Revelation), a task which took him some five years.
  11. ^ "Ghara'ib al-Qur'an by Nizam al-Din Nishapuri". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021. وشغل نفسه ـ رحمه الله ـ بتدريس هذا التفسير بعد إتمامه، خلال أربع سنوات وسبعة أشهر، بينما كان يؤمل ان تمتد مدة تأليفه إلى ثلاثين سنة، وهي مدة الخلافة الراشدة، غير انه بورك له في وقته، وتيسر له إنجازه في أقل من خمس سنين، ويقول: ولولا ما اتفق أثناء التفسير من وجود الأسفار الشاسعة، ومشقة الحصول على المراجع العلمية النافعة، ونزول هموم وغموم لكان يمكن إتمامه في مدة خلافة أبي بكر رضى الله عنه، أي خلال سنتين وثلاثة أشهر وثمانية أيام.
  12. ^ "Ghara'ib al-Qur'an by Nizam al-Din Nishapuri". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Al-Bayan. Archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021. قال النيسابوري في كتابه: لقد تضمن كتابي هذا حاصل التفسير الكبير ـ ويقصد بالتفسير الكبير كتاب الفخر الرازي ـ وهو جامع لأكثر التفاسير، وفيه حلُّ لكتاب الكشاف، وقد احتوى على النكت المستحسنة الغريبة مما لم يوجد في سائر التفاسير..!
  13. ^ Kâtip Çelebi (January 2017). "Kashf al-Zunun 'an Asami al-Kutub wa al-Funun". Google Books (in Arabic). pp. 448–449.
  14. ^ Muhammad Husayn al-Dhahabi (1997). Al-Tafsir wa al-Mufassirun (in Arabic). 1. Cairo: Maktabat Wahbah. p. 236.
  15. ^ "Nizam al-Din Nishapuri". muslimheritage.com. Archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021.
  16. ^ Ahmad Hasan Dani; M. S. Asimov; Clifford Edmund Bosworth, eds. (1992). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. 4. . p. 105. ISBN 9788120815964.

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