The Position of Imam Sādiq’s Narrations In Mystical Exegesis on the Quran as Whole

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Reza Tabatabaee Amid ¹ , Ghodratollah Khayyatian ² , Azim Hamzeian ³

1 - PhD student in Mysticism and Sufism, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor in Religions and Mysticism, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor of Theology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Received: 2020-08-02 Accepted : 2020-09-09 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: mysticism, Sufism, interpretation, Shiism, Abu Abdul Rahman Sullami,

Abstract :

Imam Ja'far Sadegh (AS) is one of the personalities whose narrations can be seen in various interpretations of Shiites and Muslims. Shiite scholars, of course, have expressed his views in their Quran commentaries, considering the position of that Imam and the large volume of his narrations. However, the narration of Imam Sādiq’s (as) interpretive sayings is not exclusive to Shiite commentators. Among the Sunnis commentators, the most inclined to Sufism and the creators of mystical interpretations have shown a tendency to quote the narrations of this Imam. For example, Abu Abdul Rahman Sullami (d. 412 AH) in his commentary has included a considerable number of interpretive narrations of Imam Sādiq (AS). So far, the difference between these interpretations in terms of the amount of citation to the sayings of the Imam has not been explored. Therefore, with the present study, we want to know how much attention has been paid to the narrations of Imam Sādiq (AS) in mystical interpretations, what is the approach of mystics-oriented commentators to these narrations, and when did such attention begin, and what ups and downs did it have over time?  Among mystical interpretations, we only examine complete interpretations; Interpretations that include all chapters of the Qur'an.