Analysis of the Narrations of Imam Riḍā (as) in the Tafsīr Rūḥ al-Ma'anī of Ālūsī

The interpretation of the verses of the Holy Qur'an with the help of narrations, especially the hadiths of the Ahl al-Bayt (as), has a history as old as the Qur'an, and the commentators of the two sects have mentioned some interpretive narrations to explain the teachings of the Qur'an. Therefore, it is important to study the narrations narrated by Sunni scholars in order to bring the views closer and to express the points of commonality and difference; among the commentators who have cited the narrations of the Ahl al-Bayt (as) is Seyed Mohammad Ālūsī, one of the thirteenth-century Salafī scholars in his Tafsīr Rūḥ al-Ma'anī fi Tafsīr al-Qur’an al-‘Aẓīm. The present study comparatively examines the narrations narrated from Imam Riḍā (as) in this Tafsīr; therefore, by briefly introducing the interpretation of Rūḥ al-Ma'anī and its author, it expresses his various interpretations of Imam Riḍā (as) and enumerates the sources used by him in these narrations. Then by examining the thirteen narrations of Raḍavi quoted in the above-mentioned Tafsīr and their authenticity and mentioning the sources of the mentioned narrations and commentary books of the sects, while briefly referring to the content of the narrations, it points out the possible mistakes of Ālūsī.