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Subject(s)

• Middle East and Islamic Studies [Browse]
• Religion [Browse]

Series

• Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026. [More in this series]
• Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 25. [More in this series]
• Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 25 [More in this series]

Summary note

This book is the first Western-language study of a legal Qurʾān commentary and the first examination of a Zaydī tafsīr . It proposes an original framework for classifying legal passages of the Qurʾān based on Sayyid Muḥammad b. al-Hādī’s (d. 720/1320) Qur’an commentary, The Garden and the Pool . It shows that the legal Qurʾān commentary format can serve both as a teaching tool and as a platform for a Muslim jurist to demonstrate his legal expertise. This book includes a critical edition of Muḥammad b. al-Hādī’s interpretation of the Sūra of Light based on a manuscript written by the author himself.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Muḥammad b. al-Hādī and his Place in the Zaydī Intellectual Tradition
• Chapter 2: Muḥammad b. al-Hādī’s Legal Qurʾān Commentary: Method and Sources
• Chapter 3: Muḥammad b. al-Hādī’s 199 Legal Passages in the Qurʾān: A Framework for Analysis
• Chapter 4: Legal Passages in the Sūra of Light
• Chapter 5: Prayer
• Chapter 6: Divorce
• Chapter 7: Warfare
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix A: Critical Edition of the Commentary on the Sūra of Light in The Garden and the Pool
• Appendix B: English Translation of Muḥammad b. al-Hādī’s 199 Legal Passages in the Qurʾān.

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Other title(s)

Insights from a Yemeni Zaydī Tafsīr

ISBN

90-04-74760-5

OCLC

1559922138

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004747609

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