Qurʾanic Exegetes

Explore the biographical backgrounds, methodologies, and scholarly contributions of the six prominent exegetes featured in this comparative study of Qurʾanic interpretation.

Al-Tabarsi

Shia (Twelver)

الطبرسي

  • Iran
  • Major Works

Majmaʿ al-Bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān

Comprehensive linguistic and jurisprudential approach

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Allamah Tabataba’i

Shia (Twelver)

العلامة الطباطبائي

  • Iran/Iraq
  • Major Works

Al-Mīzān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān

Philosophical and theological approach

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Al-Razi

Shafi'i (Ash'ari)

الرازي

  • Iran
  • Major Works

Al-Tafsīr al-Kabīr (Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb)

Philosophical and theological with rational analysis

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Abul A’la Mawdudi

Sunni (Revivalist)

أبو الأعلى المودودي

  • India/Pakistan
  • Major Works

Tafhīm al-Qurʾān

Modern revivalist approach

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Al-Qurtubi

Maliki (Ash'ari)

القرطبي

  • Al-Andalus/Egypt
  • Major Works

Al-Jāmiʿ li-Aḥkām al-Qurʾān

Juristic approach focusing on legal rulings

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Ibn Kathir

Shafi'i (Athari)

ابن كثير

  • Syria
  • Major Works

Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm, Al-Bidāya wa-l-Nihāya

Hadith-based methodology, reliance on authentic narrations

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Exegetes Studied

1000+

Years of Scholarship

5

Regions Represented