Tafsir al-Mizan

Tafsir al-Mizan
AuthorAllamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
Original titleالميزان في تفسير القرآن
LanguageArabic
SubjectQur'anic exegesis
GenreIslamic literature
PublisherWorld Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS)
Publication date
20th century
Publication placeIran
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages20 volumes
Allameh Tabataba’i

Al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an (Arabic: الميزان في تفسير القرآن, "The balance in Interpretation of Quran"), more commonly known as Tafsir al-Mizan (تفسير الميزان) or simply Al-Mizan (الميزان),[1] is a tafsir (exegesis of the Quran) written by the Shia Muslim scholar and philosopher Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (1892–1981).[2][3]

The book consists of 27 volumes originally written in Arabic.[3] Up till now more than three editions have been printed in Iran and Lebanon.[2]

  1. ^ Marcinkowski, Christoph (2010). Shi'ite Identities: Community and Culture in Changing Social Contexts. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 45. ISBN 9783643800497.
  2. ^ a b Tafsir's entry @ Jarirbooksusa.com
  3. ^ a b Forward to Al-Mizan - An Exegesis of the Qur'an by Allamah as-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba'i, Translated by: Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi