Shī‘a and the Mu‘tazilite Exegetical Views

Document Type : Research Article

Author

• Ghulām Muḥammad Muḥammadī Khurramābādī

University of Sabzevar

10.22067/jfiqh.2020.60983.0

Abstract

the present paper is trying to display the closeness and homogeneity of the Imāmī and the Mu‘tazilite exegeses and constructive exchange of ideas as well as the benefiting of Shī‘a scholars from the exegetical views of the Mu‘tazilites. Hence, the most significant Shī‘ī exegetical works, i.e., Sharīf Murtiḍā's Amālī, Shaykh al-Ṭūsī's Tebyān, and Tabarsī's Jawāmi‘ al-Jāmi‘ have been surveyed and their borrowing from the exegeses belonging to the dignitaries among the Mu‘tazilits such as Rummānī, Balkhī, Jubbā’ī, and Zamakhsharī along with some constructive criticisms of these exegeses are pointed out. Furthermore, admiration of the eminent figures of both schools for each other, particularly Imāmī's praise of the Mu‘tazilite's exegetical views are brought up in order to further elucidate the constructive and sound relations of the ancients, to help creating closer rapport among the Islamic schools, and to encourage Muslims unity.

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