Analysis of Persian version of Muhammad ibn Abdul-razzaq-e-Donboli's Interpretation

Abstract

Written manuscripts, due to their importance and roles in the history, should be analyzed in terms of different aspects. The first step is to introduce and to edit these works. Muhammad ibn Abdul-razzaq-e-Donboli is among the literary scholars and commentators in the thirteenth century. He has several works and one of them is the interpretation of the Holy Quran in Persian. His written manuscripts are in different libraries across Iran but have not been introduced yet. The work belong to this interpreter show that he possessed a high scientific position. This study, by presenting documents about his life, aims at introducing his interpretation of a written manuscript from content, stylistics, and interpretive aspects. He wrote this interpretation with the aim of obviating the need for the readers to refer to other interpretations. The interpretation is written in a plain and clear scientific language, but at times the author focuses on verbal and spiritual figures of speech. The quantity of this work is an important aspect which consists of almost one-third of the entire of the Holy Quran. Another important aspect of the book is that it is written in Persian and its author is a Twelver Shia. A critical analysis of this work could shed light on different aspects of Persian literature and on a better understanding of the development of Persian interpretations, especially Shiites interpretations, of the Holy Quran.

Keywords

• Muhammad ibn Abdul-razzaq-e-Donboli
• Persian Interpretation of the Holy Quran
• Editing
• Written Manuscripts