سید مرتضی

Many Quran scholars have long been fascinated by the An-Nur verse. Despite the absolute denial of any similarity between his holy nature and the rest of the cosmos, this monotheistic verse contains metaphorical language. Most Qur'anic interpretations have focused on the idea that there are outside and inner meanings and each interpretation has sought to decipher the meaning of this verse using one of these two ideas. This descriptive-analytical study explores and compares the interpretation of the An-Nur verse by Sharif al-Murtaza, Mulla Sadra, and Sultan Muhammad Sultan Ali Shah Gunabadi with their interpretations. The verse's meaning has been interpreted differently by these interpreters, who have divergent and, at times, contradictory intellectual orientations. Even though all three of them deviate from the apparent meaning, Sharif al-Murtaza interprets the verse by placing the concept of reasonable arguments within the field of the Arabic language and its capacities because the holy word is a type of speech. Mulla Sadra and Gunabadi, on the other hand, are proponents of the inner meaning of the verses and view the Qur'an as a mystical word with a high meaning potential that requires revelation and spiritual internalization to comprehend. The conventional definition of Sharif al-Murtaza's work is a commentary built on logic and language that benefits from his knowledge of both languages and words. Nevertheless, according to Mulla Sadra and Gunabadi, this attempt to comprehend the meaning is more interpretation in applying the verse to multiple and even endless cases.

Abolghsem Ali B. Abi Ahmad Al-Hossein, also known as Seyyed or Shrif Mortaza was one of the great Shia jurists and was prominent in many disciplines like jurisprudence, principles, speech, literature, vocabulary and poem. Mortaza unlike his brother Razi was not fond of governmental positions and spent his noble life time just for acquiring scientific knowledge and teaching. Unwillingly, after the death of his brother, Mortaza took the responsibility of affairs of Alavite. Mortaza started singing poems since he was a kid. His poems are reflection of his lifetime as he was a rich man and did not have to flatter in his poems. He was a fluent and perfect but could not be as famous as his brother and that’s may be because of enemies and jealousies. Mortaza sang 14 short and long satirical poems independently and in total 696 verses for Imam Hussein (PBUH). Those poems are full of eulogies which he used to sing on the day of Ashura and defended basic thoughts and ideals of Shias. This paper discusses the concepts of his Husseinian eulogies that have been selected from among his works.