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The revival of Twelver Shi‘i Tafsīr in early modern and modern times : three case studies

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According to the doctrine of early Imami Shi’ism, the authority to interpret the Qur’an belongs exclusively to ʿAlī and his descendants, the Imams. Consequently, most of the Tafsīrs written in Twelver Imami circles after the Occultation of the twelfth Imam are essentially composed of traditions attributed to the Imams. Yet, an impressive revival of the Imami Tafsīr occured in the Ilkhanid period, and even more so during the Safavid era in Iran, due to the encounters and interactions between Imami Shi’ism, Sufism and philosophy. The lecture presents three case studies in order to illustrate the evolution of Imami Qur’anic exegesis in the early modern and modern eras, in its coherence and diversity: al-Muḥīṭ al-a‘ẓam by Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī (8th/14th c.); Tafsīr Sharīf Lāhījī, alias Quṭb al-Dīn Ashkevarī (11th/17th c.); and Mir’āt al-anwār by Abū l-Ḥasan al-Iṣfahānī (12th/18th c.). Rather than three separated trends or a single line of evolution, the succession of these works reflects different ways of combining Shi’i esotericism, mysticism and rationalism within the framework of Qur’anic exegesis.
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halshs-04320462, version 1 (04-12-2023)

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Mathieu Terrier. The revival of Twelver Shi‘i Tafsīr in early modern and modern times : three case studies. Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series, Fârès Gillon (Institute of Ismaili Studies), Nov 2020, Londres, United Kingdom. ⟨halshs-04320462⟩
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