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Al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an [The Prolegomena to the Qur’an]

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Translator’s Introduction
• Al-Khu’i’s Early Life and Education
• The Shi’ite Leadership under al-Khui
• The Crisis of Leadership in the Aftermath of al-Khu’i's Death
• Al-Khu’i's Legal and Exegetical Thought
• The Qur'anic Exegesis
• Juridical Significance of the Exegesis
• The Present Translation
• Notes
• Introduction
• Foreword
• Preface to the First Edition
• The Excellence of the Qur'an
• The Merits of Reciting the Qur'an
• Contemplating the Qur'an and Understanding Its Meanings
• Notes
• 1. The Inimitability of the Qur'an
• The Necessity for a Prophet to Perform Miracles
• The Best Miracles Are Those Which Best Resemble the Most Advanced Arts of the Time
• The Qur'an as a Divine Miracle
• The Qur'an: An Eternal Miracle
• The Qur'an and the Forms of Knowledge
• The Qur'an and the Integrity of Elucidation
• The Legislative System of the Qur'an
• The Precision of Expression in the Qur'an
• Information about Hidden Matters in the Qur'an
• The Qur'an and the Mysteries of the Creation
• Notes
• 2. Erroneous Impressions concerning the Miraculous Inimitability of the Qur’an
• Myths and Absurdities
• Notes
• 3. Concerning the Prophet's Other Miracles
• The Annunciation of Muhammad's Prophethood in the Torah and the Gospel
• Notes
• 4. Insight about the Readers of the Qur'an
• 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir al-Dimishqi
• Ibn Kathir al-Makki
• 'Asim b. Bahdala al-Kufi
• Abu 'Amr al-Basri
• Hamza al-Kufi
• Nafi' al-Madani
• Al-Kisa' al-Kufi
• Khalaf b. Hisham al-Bazzar
• Ya'qub b. lshaq
• Yazid b. al-Qa'qa'
• Notes
• 5. An Examination of the Readings
• Statements by the Scholars Who Deny the Uninterrupted Transmission of the Readings
• The Evidence That Supports the Uninterrupted Transmission of the Readings
• Further Observations
• The Readings and the Seven harfs
• The Authoritativeness of the Readings
• The Permissibility of the Recitation [of the Readings] in Prayer
• Notes
• 6. Was the Qur’an Revealed according to Seven Harfs?
• The Incoherence of the Traditions
• The Interpretations of the Seven Harfs
• The Approximation Interpretation
• The Seven Gates
• Another Meaning of the Seven Gates
• The Eloquent Dialects
• The Mudar Dialect
• The Differences in the Readings
• Variation in the Readings in Another Sense
• Single-Digit Plurality
• The Seven Readings
• The Different Dialects
• Notes
• 7. The Protection of the Qur'an from Alteration
• The Meaning of Alteration
• The Opinion of Muslims Regarding al-Tahrif
• Abrogation and the Recital (tilawa)
• Alteration and the Book of God
• Alteration and the Sunna
• Permission to Recite the Chapters in the Salat (Ritual Prayers)
• Assertion about Alteration under the Caliphs
• The Errors of Those Who Maintain the Alteration View
• The First Error
• The Second Error
• The Third Error
• Examination of the Traditions on Tahrif
• The First Group of Traditions
• Actual Signification of the Traditions
• Second Group of Traditions
• Third Group of Traditions
• Fourth Group of Traditions
• The Fourth Error
• Notes
• 8. The Collection of the Qur'an
• Traditions about the Collection of the Qur'an
• Inconsistency of the Traditions Regarding the Collection of the Qur'an
• The Contradiction among the Traditions in Their Account of the Collection of the Qur 'an
• The Contrariety of the Collection Traditions to the Book of God
• The Contrariety of the Collection Traditions to Rational Judgment
• The Contrariety of the Collection Traditions to the Consensus (Ijma') of the Community
• Collection Traditions and the Alteration (Tahrif) of the Qur'an through Addition
• Summary
• Notes
• 9. Evidence Based on the Literal Sense of the Qur'an
• Arguments against the Evidential Nature of the Apparent Meanings of the Qur'an
• Notes
• 10. Abrogation in the Qur’an
• Al-Naskh (Abrogation) in the Lexicons
• Al-Naskh in Its Technical Usage
• Possibility of Abrogation
• Abrogation in the Torah
• Abrogation in the Islamic Shari'a
• Abrogation of Both the Recitation and the Ruling
• Abrogation of the Ruling without the Recitation
• Discussion of the Verses that Are Claimed to Have Been Abrogated
• Stoning as a Penalty for Contracting a Mut'a
• Assertions Regarding the Mut'a
• The Rules Pertaining to the Disbelievers Who Are at War
• Other Views about This Verse [Q 47:4]
• Traditions that Relate the Practice based on the Colloquy Verse [58: 12]
• The Reason for the Abrogation of the "Colloquy" Charity
• The Wisdom of Legislating the Charitable Offering of the Colloquy
• Open Prejudice in Muslim Traditions
• Remarks on al-Razi's Views
• Notes
• 11. Modification in the Creation
• The Jewish Position Regarding God's Omnipotence
• The Place of Modification (bada) in the Sh 'ite Doctrine
• The Real Meaning of al-Bada' in the Shi’ite Doctrine
• Notes
• 12. The Principles of the Exegesis
• Sources of the Exegesis
• Particularization of the Qu r'anic Ordinances through a Single Narration
• Notes
• 13. The Qur'an: Created or Eternal with God?
• Influence of Greek Philosophy on Muslim Lives
• God's Attributes of Essence and Attributes of Action
• The Speech of the Soul
• Refutation of the Thesis about the Speech of the Soul
• Ash'arite Arguments in Support of the Thesis about the Speech of the Soul
• Notes