Then, he goes through the verses, one by one in sentence by sentence approach and under each sentence and speech, briefly mentions the interpretations and exegetical aspects. Thus, I sought help from divine grace and blessings and regardless of many occupations began writing it.'Īt the beginning of the commentary, the author has given a brief introduction with an extensive speech on his goal of writing and his exegetical method. In his brief introduction, the exegete wrote about his goal that, 'I always wished to write a commentary on the Qur'an which mentions some of the teachings of the Qur'an, since exegesis of the Qur'an is among the most noble sciences and superior religious teachings regarding subject and reveals the lights of the Qur'an, by which many of the truths about sciences and important details of different arts are disclosed.
Al-Wajiz was written in 1118/1706-7 and was published in three volumes. The author's method in interpretation is based on concision and mentioning messages of the Qur'an in most eloquent expressions. Husayn al-'Amili, who was a Shi'a scholar of 17th and 18th centuries. Al-Wajiz fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-'Aziz (Arabic: الوَجیز فی تَفسیر القُرآن العَزیز) is a literary commentary of the Qur'an in Arabic written by Ali b.
