اکرم السادات حاجی سیدآقائی

The present thesis is aimed at reviving ancient texts and, given the significance of translating and interpreting the Holy Quran, focusing on correcting the Tafsir Surabadi (/Surabani) also known as Tafsir al-Tafasir (spanning from Surah Al-A’raf to Surah Maryam). This comprehensive Persian interpretation of the Quran is the work of Abu Bakr Atiq Neyshaburi (d. ۴۹۴ AH), compiled around ۴۷۰-۴۸۰ AH, making it the third complete Persian interpretation in historical sequence. The prose of this book represents the elegant Persian language style of the latter half of the ۵^th century AH, holding significant importance for scholars due to its composition, grammar, sentence structure, and archaic Persian vocabulary. Multiple versions of this text are available in complete, incomplete, and summarized forms, indicating its reverence, credibility, and widespread dissemination. The narrative sections, portions, some versions, and ultimately the entirety of this text have been published in various formats. The complete five-volume version, edited by Ali Akbar Saeidi Sirjani was published posthumously in ۱۳۸۱ Solar Hijri. However, the main issues with this edition include the unknown primary manuscript(s), lack of introduction and description of the manuscripts and their features, unclear editorial method, non-critical approach, neglect of phonetic developments, problematic[۱] words, omissions and misreadings, and some significant errors in transcribing rarely used words. Hence, preparing a revised text of this ancient and valuable work is essential. The current research corrects the text based on the Quniya manuscript, one of the nearly complete versions, as well as the Leiden and Diwan-e Hind-i manuscripts, aiming at presenting a refined text that remains faithful to the original author’s intent. In this thesis, the introduction addresses the calligraphic, linguistic, and phonetic features of the basic (Quniya) manuscript and concludes with a glossary of problematic words and terms.