Tafsīr or Taʾwīl? The Shaykhī Contribution to the Qurʾānīc Tradition of Nineteenth Century Iran

The study of Qurʾānīc exegesis in the Shaykhī school has been widely, albeit surprisingly, neglected in modern scholarship. It is surprising because there is hardly any aspect of Shaykhīsm that has remained intact after scholars have touched upon different dimensions of the school. Considering the Q...

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Veröffentlicht: Hartford Seminary Foundation 2023
In: The Muslim world
Jahr: 2023, Band: 113, Heft: 3, Seiten: 228-241
weitere Schlagwörter:B Lettrism
B the Shaykhī exegetical school
B Qurʾān
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B taʾwīl
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