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Question No. 3272 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

How can I study the Qur’anic text, and what sources are available?

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Dear questioner, Master Ali Saei
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Peace be upon you, respected teacher. I would like to study the Qur’anic text, but I do not know where to begin. I would be grateful if you could guide me and let me know which sources are available for this subject.

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Recommended sources for studying the Qur’anic text include Tafsīr Nūr al-Thaqalayn, al-Burhān fī Tafsīr al-Qur’ān, Majmaʿ al-Bayān, Uṣūl al-Kāfī (the Book of the Merit of the Qur’an), Biḥār al-Anwār, Fiqh al-Qur’ān, Mutashābih al-Qur’ān wa Mukhtalifuhu, Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, al-Tibyān fī Tafsīr al-Qur’ān, Zubdat al-Bayān fī Aḥkām al-Qur’ān, and al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya (Supplication 42).

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Some Recommended Sources

- *Tafsīr Nūr al-Thaqalayn*, by ʿArūsī Ḥuwayzī, ʿAbd ʿAlī ibn Jumʿa
- *Al-Burhān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān*, by Baḥrānī, Sayyid Hāshim
- *Majmaʿ al-Bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān*, by Ṭabrisī, Faḍl ibn Ḥasan
- *Uṣūl al-Kāfī*, vol. 2, “The Virtue of the Qur’an”
- *Biḥār al-Anwār*, vols. 9, 89, and 90
- *Fiqh al-Qurʾān*, by Quṭb al-Dīn Rāwandī, Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh
- *Mutashābih al-Qurʾān wa Mukhtalifuhu* (by Ibn Shahrāshūb), by Ibn Shahrāshūb Māzandarānī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī
- *Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa*, vol. 6, by Shaykh Ḥurr ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan
- *Al-Tibyān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān*, by Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan
- *Zubdat al-Bayān fī Aḥkām al-Qurʾān*, by Muqaddas Ardabīlī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad
- *Ṣaḥīfa Sajjādiyya*, Supplication 42

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