query: instance_of majma' al-bayan
supports: A Muslim is someone who follows or practises Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Muslims consider the Quran (Koran), their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. They also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ("sunnah ") as recorded in traditional accounts ("hadith"). "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits (to God)". Tafsir is the Arabic word for exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of tafsir is a (plural: ). A Quranic "tafsir" will often explain content and provide places and times, not contained in Quranic verses, as well as give the different views and opinions of scholars on the verse. Abu Ali Fadhl ibn Hasan Tabarsi (Persian/Arabic:     ) known as Shaykh Tabarsi, was a 12th-century Persian Shia scholar who died in 548 AH (1153 CE). Arabic (' or ' ) is a Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the "lingua franca" of the Arab world. Arabic also is a liturgical language of 1.7 billion Muslims. It is one of six official languages of the United Nations. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, and from northwestern Arabia to the Sinai in the south. Majma `` al - Bayan fi - Tafsir al - Qur'an ( Arabic :       ) is a tafsir by the 12th century Imami scholar and author Shaykh Tabarsi . This commentary is a comprehensive classical tafsir . Tabarsi was a moderate scholar and he presented the views of all major commentators fairly and comprehensively . He gives special prominence to Shi'i tafsir , but his work is not , strictly speaking , a Shi'i commentary . Tabarsi was a man of great erudition . He was a master of Arabic and a noted theologian and jurist . The work is considered one of the most authoritative Imami Qur'an commentaries . Al - Tabrisi 's method is to take up one group of verses at a time and discuss qiraat , language and grammar before providing a detailed commentary on the text , based on both Sunni and Shi `` i sources and incorporating his own views . His commentary for each passages are divided into five sections : introductory discourse , reading guide , language discourse , revelation and circumstances surrounding it , and meaning Majma ' al - bayan is written after Al - Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al - Quran and is clearly dependent on it . Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al - Modarresi 's Tafsir Hedayat , an eighteen volume exegesis on the Quran published in Arabic in Iran in the 1980s , is in part a discussion of Majma `` al - bayan . Exegesis (from the Greek from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text. Traditionally the term was used primarily for work with the Bible; however, in modern usage "biblical exegesis" is used for greater specificity to distinguish it from any other broader critical text explanation. An imam (', plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. It is most commonly in the context of a worship leader of a mosque and Muslim community by Sunni Muslims. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. For Shi'a Muslims, the imam has a more central meaning and role in Islam through the concept of Imamah; the term is only applicable to those members of the house of the prophet ahl al-Bayt, designated as infallibles. The Quran (; ', literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized Qur'an or Koran"') is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God ("Allah"). It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. The Quran is divided into chapters ("surah" in Arabic), which are then divided into verses ("ayah").
candidates: 1 ayah book century exegesis islam language official quran religious text six text will word work
answer: book