A Review of Quranic Adaptations in the Preface of Khatoun Abaadi’s Khazaen al-Anvaar va Maaden al-Akhbar

The aesthetic appeal of Quran has always been one of the main reasons for fascinating its readers. Adaptation is one of the rhetoric means to grant credit, richness, and admissibility while fascinating more audiences and, eventually, persuading and satisfying them. Khazaen al-Anvaar va Maaden al-Akhbar (meaning “Treasuries of Lights and Sources of Stories” in English), a mystical and literary exegesis which has been published, surveyed, and corrected in recent years, was written by Mir Mohammad Reza ibn Mohammad Khatoun Abaadi during the Safavid era. The book’s preface, which contains 14 “treasuries,” is of special importance. In fact, these treasuries define perquisites and requirements for exegesis of Quran. In the third treasury, Khatoun Abaadi discusses novel literal, spiritual, and expressional instruments in detail and then, explains Quranic sciences. Hence, from this perspective, this book is a significant example for writing prefaces. This research aims to perform a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the usage of adaptation in Khatoun Abaadi’s book. Results of the research demonstrate that by artistic use of sound and music and literary devices such as pun and allusion, Khatoun Abaadi presents a novel and effective form of adaptation.