Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)

Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)

The codicology of the oldest Quranic interpretation, Al Basāer Fi Vojooh Va AlNazāer

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Rahimeh Babrekateh shamshiri 1
milad Jafarpoor 2
1 Rahimeh Babrkath Shamshiri, Assistant Professor of Quranic Sciences and Hadith, Faculty of Humanities, Kosar University of Bojnord, Bojnord, , North Khorasan Iran. shamshiri@kub.ac.ir
2 Assistant Professor of the Department of Persian Language and Literature. Faculty of Literature and Humanities. Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan. Iran.
10.22034/crtc.2025.488869.1169
Abstract
"Al-Basa'ir fi al-Wujuh wa al-Naza'ir" is the title of a Persian work authored by Abu al-Fadail Muhammad ibn Husayn Ma'ini (d. 537 AH), which addresses the discussions of Quranic sciences, particularly the topic of "wujuh" (various meanings) and "naza'ir" (analogies). In this research, conducted through library study and using a descriptive-analytical method, alongside a detailed introduction of "Al-Basa'ir" and its manuscripts, the characteristics, orthography, and stylistic details of the oldest copy of "Al-Basa'ir" are also reported. Additionally, some leniencies related to the introduction of this source and its author have been critiqued and examined. The purpose of introducing "Al-Basa'ir" and its manuscripts, as a significant reference in the field of lexicology and Quranic exegesis, is to express the necessity of reviving this written heritage of the Persian language, whose breadth of information surpasses that of earlier works on the same subject.
Keywords
Al Basāer Va AlNazāer
Muhammad Ibn Hossein Ma'ini
Vojooh Va Nazāer
codicology
textual criticism
Subjects

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Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8
October 2025
Pages 22-52

  • Receive Date 16 November 2024
  • Revise Date 17 December 2024
  • Accept Date 20 December 2024
  • Publish Date 23 September 2025