Keys to the Arcana : Shahrastānī’s Esoteric Commentary on the Qur’an – A translation of the commentary on Sūrat al-fātiḥa from Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī’s Mafātīḥ al-asrār wa-maṣābīḥ al-abrār, by Toby Mayer, with the Arabic text reproduced from the edition by M. A. Adharshab

Authors : Massimo CAMPANİNİ

Pages : 106-109

Doi:10.12730/13091719.2013.41.76

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Publication Date : 2013-12-11

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :First paragraph: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(c. 1086-1153); is the well-known heresiographer, author of the Kitāb al-milal wa-l-niḥal, one of the most important sources for the knowledge of the religious sects in Medieval Islam. Perhaps, he is less studied as a theologian, although his Nihāyat al-iqdām has a distinguished position in the history of philosophical kalām. As a theologian, al-Shahrastānī wrote a Qurʾānic commentary whose title is Mafātīḥ al-asrār wa-maṣābīḥ al-abrār insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Keys of the Secrets or Arcana);, virtually an unknown work. This book provides the edition and the English translation of a section of the Commentary by Toby Mayer.
Keywords : Keys to the Arcana, Shahrastānīs Esoteric Commentary, Quran

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