As an institution of Higher Education, the Islamic College is keenly aware of the needs for academic literature aimed at students of Islamic studies. Naturally the Qur’an, the central core of Islamic thought, is at the heart of this academic interest. This book is meant as reading material for students of Qur’anic studies and as an introduction to some of the basic concepts and works in Shi‘a exegesis. It is a collection of articles written by experts in the field, summarizing the main issues and discussions, and translated into English for the benefit of a Western audience.
As an institution of Higher Education, the Islamic College is keenly aware of the needs for academic literature aimed at students of Islamic studies. Naturally the Qur’an, the central core of Islamic thought, is at the heart of this academic interest. This book is meant as reading material for students of Qur’anic studies and as an introduction to some of the basic concepts and works in Shi‘a exegesis. It is a collection of articles written by experts in the field, summarizing the main issues and discussions, and translated into English for the benefit of a Western audience.
This book is meant as reading material for students of Qur’anic studies and as an introduction to some of the basic concepts and works in Shi‘a exegesis.
Until now studies of the Qur'anic sciences have either been partial, brief, or sectarian. In the main, such works have more or less ignored the contribution of the great Shia scholars to our understanding of the Qur'anic sciences. This book has been written not only to redress this gap but also to present a new and more balanced view of this important topic. The authors have addressed many more issues than are usually found in a book on Qur'anic sciences, Some of which have not been hitherto unavailable in English. It is hoped that the book will be a useful addition to the material available to undergraduate students who are studying Islam.
Islam is an all inclusive way of life which covers the intellectual and the real, the theoretical and the practical. The major part of the Islamic code of practice and behaviour is formalised in the discipline of Islamic law which established itself as a discipline before other Islamic disciplines. The early Muslim jurisconsultants are to be credited as the pioneers of the development of the Islamic legal system. Shaikh Mohammad ibn Hasan ibn Ali Abu Ja'far al-Tusi (385-460AH/995-1067AD), who was given the honorary title of Shaikh al-Taifat al-Imamiyyah (The Head of the Shia Islamic School) was at the forefront of these pioneers. This book has been recognised as one of the major early sources, references and textbooks in the field of Islamic Law in general and of Shi'a Islamic law in particular. The book has been translated, edited and introduced by Professor A Ezzati.
The author, Mohammad ibn Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn al-Hasan, known as Abu Ja'far,
has been given the honorific title 'Shaykh al-Tai'fat al- Imamiyyah' (the Head of
the Twelver Shi'ite School of Law and Thought) by the Shi'ite community and
school and is also referred to as Shaykh al-Tusi (the grand scholar/master from
Tus)1. He was born in Ramadan 385AH/995AD in the city of Tus in Khorasan, the
northeastern province of modern Iran. He died on Sunday night of the 22nd of the
month ...
