Qom University Comparative Interpretation Research 2476-4191 9 2 2023 10 23 The Exegetic Method of Majd al-Bayān and Comparing it to the Exegetic Method of al-Ṣāfī The Exegetic Method of Majd al-Bayān and Comparing it to the Exegetic Method of al-Ṣāfī 230 261 2535 10.22091/ptt.2023.8696.2164 FA Zeinab Roostaei Assistant Professor, Shiraz Faculty of Quranic Sciences, Uloom va Maaref-i Quran-i Karim University, Qom, Iran .Email: zeinabroostaee@yahoo.com 0000-0001-6971-4915 Zahra Mahmoodhaghighi Masters in the Exegesis of the Holy Quran, Shiraz Faculty of Quranic Sciences, Uloom va Maaref-i Quran-i Karim University, Qom, Iran. Email: haghighi75z@gmail.com Journal Article 2022 10 22 Majd al-Bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾan, written by Muhammad Husayn Isfahani, is one of the contemporary exegeses that is similar to Fayz Kashani’s Tafsīr al- Ṣāfī in terms of the early structure of the book, exegetic sources, scientific personality, and inclinations of the exegete. On the other hand, in some instances, Isfahani has been influenced by the views of Fayz. Nevertheless, no study has been performed yet regarding the method of Isfahani in Majd al-Bayān and comparing it to the method of Fayz Kashani in Tafsir Ṣāfī. What methods did Isfahani use and what are the similarities and differences between his work and that of Fayz Kashani? These are questions that this study seeks to answer. This study shows that the narrative, rational-jurisprudential, and literary methods are the three prominent methods used by Isfahani in Majd al-Bayān. Isfahani’s plentiful analyses along with the use of narrations remove this exegesis from among the narrative exegeses. Among the manifestations of the rational-jurisprudential method in Isfahani’s exegesis are the following: considering rationalization to be correct, using the argument method in analyzing issues, considering the types of contexts, conceptual development, and eliminating the particularity of verses. Isfahani’s method is not fixed in literary discussions and he has different methods according to the intent. He believes in the Theory of the Spirit of Meaning in analyzing terms even though his view has some differences in some of the details of this theory with other experts. He has also paid less attention to the topics of the morphology, syntax, and rhetoric of the verses. Majd al-Bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾan, written by Muhammad Husayn Isfahani, is one of the contemporary exegeses that is similar to Fayz Kashani’s Tafsīr al- Ṣāfī in terms of the early structure of the book, exegetic sources, scientific personality, and inclinations of the exegete. On the other hand, in some instances, Isfahani has been influenced by the views of Fayz. Nevertheless, no study has been performed yet regarding the method of Isfahani in Majd al-Bayān and comparing it to the method of Fayz Kashani in Tafsir Ṣāfī. What methods did Isfahani use and what are the similarities and differences between his work and that of Fayz Kashani? These are questions that this study seeks to answer. This study shows that the narrative, rational-jurisprudential, and literary methods are the three prominent methods used by Isfahani in Majd al-Bayān. Isfahani’s plentiful analyses along with the use of narrations remove this exegesis from among the narrative exegeses. Among the manifestations of the rational-jurisprudential method in Isfahani’s exegesis are the following: considering rationalization to be correct, using the argument method in analyzing issues, considering the types of contexts, conceptual development, and eliminating the particularity of verses. Isfahani’s method is not fixed in literary discussions and he has different methods according to the intent. He believes in the Theory of the Spirit of Meaning in analyzing terms even though his view has some differences in some of the details of this theory with other experts. He has also paid less attention to the topics of the morphology, syntax, and rhetoric of the verses.

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