This preface outlines the methodology used in this book to uncover the meanings of the Qur’anic verses. Exegesis (al-Tafsīr), or the explanation of Qur’anic verses, has...
The late Allamah al-Tabataba’i’s fame rests on his academic works—the most important being his great exegesis of the Qur’an, al-Mizan fi tafsir al...
This chapter speaks about revelation as a kind of speech from God to His prophets and messengers. This is stated in the contents of its opening: Thus does He reveal to...
The focus of this chapter, as its opening, conclusion, and general tenor suggest, is summoning people to believe in divine unity (tawhid), to have certainty in the...
The theme of this chapter is to comfort the Prophet in response to his people’s denial of him and the Scripture that was revealed to him—which is referred to at the...
This chapter begins with a promise from God that the Romans will defeat the Persians a few years after their rout at the latter’s hands during the days when this chapter...
Based on the tone of this chapter’s verses, and especially those at its opening, it appears that some of those who had believed in the Prophet in Mecca before the...
The aim of this chapter is to convey a beautiful, hope-inspiring promise to the believers while they were still in Mecca before the migration to Medina. This was at a...
This chapter addresses three theological principles: the oneness of God, prophethood, and the resurrection. After introducing them, it ruminates over what opponents of...
This chapter contains a theological argument for the oneness of God. It warns those who associate partners with God and gives glad tidings to the purified, sincere...