Rawd al-Jinan explained

Rawd al-Jinan wa Ruh al-Janan
Title Orig:رَوضُ الجِنان و رَوحُ الجَنان فی تفسیر القرآن
Author:Abu l-Futuh al-Razi
Country:Persia
Language:Persian
Subject:Quranic exegesis
Genre:Tafsir
Published:6th A.H./12th century
Pages:20 volumes

Rawd al-Jinan wa Ruh al-Janan (The Cool Breeze of Paradise and [God's] Breath for the Soul) also known as Tafsīr Abū al- Futūḥ is an exegesis on the Quran written by Abu l-Futuh al-Razi in the 6th A.H./12th century. The book, consisting of twenty volumes, is the earliest surviving Persian tafsīr with an Imāmī Shīʿī emphasis. It delves into mystical themes regularly.[1] [2]

Exegetical approach

Rawḍ al-jinān is an exhortatory commentary.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/abu-l-futuh-al-razi-SIM_0025?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.q=Abu+al-Futuh+ Abu l-Futuh al-Razi's entry in Brill Online Encyclopedia of Islam
  2. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abu-al-futuh-al-razi-COM_0067?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&s.q=Abu+al-Futuh+#d14462357e825 Abu l-Futuh al-Razi's entry in Encyclopedia Islamica
  3. Book: Jane Dammen McAuliffe . Qur'anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis . 2007-09-20 . 9780521039284 . 55.