تفسیر فتح العزیز اور اس کی تکمیل و عدم تکمیل کی بحث

TafsīrFatḥ al-‘Azīz and the Debate over Its Completion or non-Completion: An Appraisal

Abstract

Shāh ‘Abd al-‘Azīz was the son of an illustrious Muslim scholar of the Indian Subcontinent, Shāh Walī Allah. Like his father, he was greatly interested in Qur’ānic Studies and wrote a commentary on the Qur’ān in Persian titled Fatḥ al-‘Azīz. This commentary, however, is not found in its complete form anywhere. Only the commentary on 184 verses (ayāt) of the second chapter, al-Baqarah and on the last two parts (ajzā’) of the Qur’ān is published in two volumes. It is commonly thought that the commentary had remained incomplete and only the parts that have been published were penned down. There are, however, certain clues to the possibility that Shāh ‘Abd al-‘Azīz might have completed the commentary but most of it was lost. This article appraises the views about the completion or non-completion of this commentary and assesses the evidence of each side.