I A Study and Analysis of the Exegetical Method of Shaykh Bahai

Baha al-Din Mohammad b. Husayn Ameli, known as Shaykh Bahai (d.1031 A.H), is an illustrious scholar of the 10th and 11th century A.H., and one of the celebrities of Safavid period. He was a prolific author and highly qualified not only in intellectual sciences but in traditional textual ones. Thus he had a great impact on the posterity as well as his contemporaries. Study and analysis of the exegetical method of Shaykh Bahai is one of the most significant objectives of this article. Adopting an intellectual method based on independent reasoning and drawing upon numerous sources, Shaykh Bahai has interpretted certain verses of the holy Quran. Among the features of the exegetical method of Shaykh Bahai, we may refer to the following: benefitting from the method of the interpretation of the Quran by the Quran, making use of traditions i.e.Hadith and preferring the sayings of the infallible (p.b.u.t) to those of others, mentionong the delicate and subtle points of Quranic verses, explaining exegetical points with scrupulous care, presentindg useful classifications and arrangements.