Tafsir al-Mizan

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Part of the series on Qur'an Tafsir v • d • e
Most famous
Sunni: Tafsir ibn Kathir — 1301-1373 Tafsir al-Qurtubi — d. 1273 Tafsir al-Tabari — 838–923 Tafsir al-Jalalayn — 1464-1526 Shi'a: Tafsir al-Mizan — 1892-1981
Sunni tafsir
Tanwir al-Miqbas — ? Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer — ? Tafsir al-Baghawi — 1116 Tafsir of Fakhr al-Din — 1149–1209 Dur al-Manthur — 1464-1526 Fi zilal al-Qur'an — 1954 Tafhim al-Qur'an — 1903-1979 Tadabbur-i-Qur’an — 1904–1997
Shi'a tafsir
Holy Quran (puya) — ? Majma al-Bayan — d. 1153 Nuur al-Thaqalayn — ? al-Safi — 1598 or 9-1680 or 81
Mu'tazili tafsir
— ?-1258 Al-Kashaf — ?
Terms
*Asbab al-nuzul

Not to be confused with Mizan (a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam).

Al-Mizan fi tafsiri'l-Qur'an, popularly known as Tafsir al-Mizan, is a very famous and volumnous tafsir or exegesis of the Quran written by the eminent Shia scholar Allameh Tabatabaei. The style or method of exegesis used by the Allameh is unprecedented. He explains the verses with the help of other relevant verses, meditating on them together - and meditation has been forcefully urged upon by the Qur'an itself - and identifies the individual person or thing by its particulars and attributes mentioned in the verse.

It was first published in Arabic in 20 volumes. The first edition of al-Mizan in Arabic was printed in Iran and then it was printed in Beirut. Till now more than three editions have been printed in Iran and in Beirut in large numbers. [1]