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Al-Mizan: An Exegesis of the Qur'an Volume ١

Author: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
Translator: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi
Publisher: World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS)
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• Foreword
• Preface
• Suratul Fatiha, The Chapter Of The Opening 1:1-5 
• Commentary
• Verse 1
• Verse 2
• Verses 2,3 & 4
• Traditions
• From Philosophical Point Of View
• Footnote
• Suratul Fatiha: Verses 6-7
• Commentary
• Qur’an
• Tradition
• Footnote
• Suratul Baqarah, The Chapter of The Cow 2:1-5 
• 286 verses – Medina
• General Comment
• Commentary
• A Philosophical Discussion
• Another Philosophical Discussion
• Reply to the First Argument
• Reply to the Second Argument
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 6-7
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 8-20
• Commentary
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 21-25
• Commentary
• Miracle And Its Quiddity
• The Miracle Of The Qur’an
• First Specific Challenge: The Knowledge It Contains
• Second Specific Challenge: The Recipient Of The Revelation
• Third Specific Challenge: Its Prophecies And Information Of Unseen
• Fourth Specific Challenge: No Discrepancies In The Qur’an
• Fifth Specific Challenge: Its Eloquence
• Two Questions
• The Reality Of Miracle According To The Qur’an
• 1. The Qur'an Confirms the General Rule of the Cause-and-Effect
• 2. The Qur'an Affirms Miracle (Super-Natural Events)
• 3. Whatever is Caused by Natural Causes is Really Caused by Allah
• 4. The Souls of the Prophets do have Influence Over the Super-Natural Events
• 5. Whatever is Caused by Psychical Power Depends on a Command from Allah 
• 6. The Qur'an Attributes the Miracle to an Invincible Cause
• 7. The Qur'an Counts Miracle as a Proof of the Truth of the Claim of Prophethood 
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 26-27
• Commentary
• Qur’an
• An Essay On Compulsion And Delegation
• Tradition
• A Philosophical Discussion
• Footnote
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 28-29
• General Comment
• Commentary
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 30-33
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Footnote
• Suratul Baqarah: Verse 34
• General Comment
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 35-39
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 40-44
• General Comment
• Commentary
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 45-46
• Commentary
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 47-48
• Commentary
• 1. What is the meaning of intercession? 
• 2. The Objections Against Intercession
• First Objection
• Reply
• Second Objection
• Reply
• Third Objection
• Reply
• Fourth Objection
• Reply
• Fifth Objection
• Reply
• Sixth Objection
• Reply
• 3. Who will benefit from intercession?
• 4. Who are the intercessors?
• Intercessors in This Life
• Intercessors in the Hereafter
• 5. Intercession: about what?
• 6. When will intercession be effected?
• Tradition
• A Philosophical Contemplation
• A Social Discourse
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 49-61
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 62
• Commentary
• A Historical Discussion
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 63-74
• Commentary
• Tradition
• A Philosophical Discourse About Making The Dead Bodies Alive And About Metamorphosis
• An Academic And Ethical Discourse On Unquestioning Adoption Of Concepts And Rulings
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 75-82
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 83-88
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Footnotes
• Suratul Baqarah: Verses 89-93
• Commentary
• Tradition
• Footnotes