Sufi Tafsir: A Survey of the Genre 

¿A. ¿Abd-al-Raháma@n, D¨akòa@÷er al-tora@th al-¿arab^ al-isla@m^, Basára ?, 1401/1981.

R. Ahámad, "Abu@ al-Qa@sim al-Qushayr^ as a Theologian and Commentator,"  Islamic Quarterly, 13, 1969, 16-69.

Abu'l-T¨ana@ Sheha@b-al-D^n Mahámu@d b. ¿Abd-Alla@h Bag@da@d^ Alu@s^, Ru@há al-ma¿a@n^ f^ tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n al-¿azá^m wa-sab¿ al-matha@n^, Cairo, 1353; reprint 30 vols. in 15, Beirut, 1405/1985. 

S. Ate¶, Sülem^ ve tasavvuf^ tefs^r^,  Ëstanbul, 1969.

Idem, 覉ri tefsir okulu, Ankara, 1974.

M. Aya@z^, al-Mofasseru@n: háaya@tohom wa-manhajohom, Tehran, 1373 à./ 1994.

M. Ayoub, The Qur'an and Its Interpreters, Albany, 1981, vol. 1,  and vol. 2, 1992.

Ru@zbeha@n b. Ab^ Nasár Baql^,  ¿Ara@÷es al-baya@n f^ háaqa@÷eq al-Qor÷a@n,  2 vols., Cawnpore, 1301/1884.

G. Böwering,  The Mystical Vision of Existence in Classical Islam:  The Qur÷a@nic Hermeneutics of the S®u@f^ Sahl At-Tustar^ (d.283/896),  Berlin, 1980.  

Idem, "The Writings of Shams al-D^n al-Daylam^," Islamic Studies, 26:3 (Autumn, 1987), pp. 231-236.  

Idem, "Review of Richard Gramlich, Das Sendschreiben al-Qushayr^s über das Sufitum,"  Orientalia, vol. 58:4, 1989, pp. 569-572.

Idem, "The Qur÷a@n Commentary of al-Sulam^," in Wael Hallaq and Donald Little, Islamic Studies Presented to Charles J. Adams, Leiden, 1991, pp. 41-56.

Idem, "The Major Sources of Sulam^'s Minor Qur÷a@n Commentary," Oriens, 1996, pp. 35-56.

Idem, The Minor Commentary of Abu@ ¿Abd ar-Raháma@n Moháammad b. al-H®usayn as-Solam^, Beirut, 1995, pp. 15-23

C.  Brockelmann, GAL, S I, Leiden, 1937.

Esma@¿^l H®aqq^ Bursaw^, Tafs^r Ru@há al-baya@n, 10 vols.,  Istanbul, reprint of ed. 1866 (?).

H. Corbin, "Nasir-i Khusrau and Iranian Isma@¿^lism," in The Cambridge History of Iran, ed. R. N. Frye, vol. 4, Cambridge (UK), 1975.

Idem, The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism, Boulder, 1978.

Idem, Cyclical Time and Ismaili Gnosis, 1983, p. 99.

F. Daftary, The Isma@¿^l^s: their history and doctrines, Cambridge (UK), 1990, p. 388.

M. D¨ahab^, al-Tafs^r wa'l-mofasseru@n, 2 vols., Beirut, 1381/1961.

Abu@ Nasár Ahámad b. H®asan b. Ahámad Darwa@jik^, Tafs^r-e Za@hed and other names, for mss. see Storey I/1, p. 4 and I/2, p. 1190. 

Abu@ T¨a@bet ¿Abd-al-Ma@lek Deylam^, Fotu@há al-Raháma@n f^ esha@ra@t al-Qor÷a@n, Beyazét Umumi Kütüphanesi, Istanbul, Veliyeddin Efendi ms. no. 430; other mss. are titled Tasád^q al-ma¿a@ref  (cited in EIranica sv. "Deylami").

Ahámad b. Ebn ¿Aj^ba, al-Bahár al-mad^d f^ tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n al-maj^d, Cairo, vol. 1, 1375/1955 and vol. 2, 1376/1956.

Idem, al-Fahrasa, ed. by ¿A. H®amda@n, Cairo, 1410/1990. 

Moháyi'l-D^n Ebn ¿Arab^,  Tafs^r, Istanbul, Süleyma@niye-Shehid Al^ Pa¶a, ms. #62  (ascribed by the copyist to "Moháyi'l-sunna al-shaykò al-¿a@mel (?) Shaykò sha@m^" [Ate¶, 1974, p. 178]).

Idem, Rahámat men al-Raháma@n f^ tafs^r wa-esha@ra@t al-Qor÷a@n,  compiled by Mahámu@d Mahámu@d GÚura@b, 4 vols., Damascus, 1410/1989. 

Ebn Barraja@n, al-Ersha@d f^ tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n, ms. in Çelebi collection, old #38, Bursa and also mss. noted by Ate¶, 1974, pp. 130-31.

J. J. Elias,  S®u@f^ Thought and Practice in the Teachings of ¿Ala@÷ ad-dawla as-Simna@n^, Ph.D. dissertation, Yale, 1991.

Idem, The Throne Carrier of God, The Life and Thought of ¿Ala@÷ al-dawla as-Simna@n^, Albany, 1995. 

Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2d. ed., s.v. "Alu@s^."

S®af^ ¿Al^ àa@h, H®a@jj^ M^rza@ H®asan Esáfaha@n^, Tafs^r-e Qor÷a@n, Iran (?), n.d.

H. Gatje, The Qur÷a@n and its Exegesis,  tr. and ed. Alford Welch.  London, 1976.

Sayyed Abu'l-Fathá Moháammad b. Yu@sof H®osayn^, G^su@dera@z, Tafs^r, India Office mss. #109-111. 

A. Godlas, The ¿Ara@÷is al-baya@n, the Mystical Qur÷a@nic Exegesis of Ru@zbiha@n al-Baql^. Ph.D. dissertation, Berkeley, 1991.

Idem,  "Psychology and Self-transformation in the Sufi Qur÷a@n Commentary of Ru@zbiha@n al-Baql^," in Sufi Illuminations, vol. 1:1, 1996, p. 31-62.

Idem,  The Brides of the Qur'an, forthcoming.

Isaiah Goldfeld ed., Mufassiru sharq al-¿a@lam al-Isla@m^ f^ arba¿at al-quru@n al-há ijr^ya al-ula@: nashr makòtÂu@tÂa@t muqaddimat al-T¨a¿lab^ li-kita@b al-Kashf wa-al-baya@n ¿an tafs^r al-Qur÷a@n, ¿Akka, 1984.

Abdurrahman Habil, "Traditional Esoteric Commentaries on the Quran," in Islamic Spirituality: Foundations, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, New York, 1987, pp. 24-47.

S. Sh. Kh. Hussaini, Sayyid Muháammad al-H®usayn^-i G^su@dira@z (721/3121-825/1422): On Sufism, Delhi, 1983.

Aziz Mahmud Hüda@y^, Nafa@÷es al-maja@les, ms. Süleyma@niye-Shehid Al^ Pa¶a, ms. # 172-74 , cited in Ate¶, 1974, p. 231.

¿Abd-al-Qa@der b. al-Sayyed Moháammad H®owaysh, Baya@n al-ma¿a@n^ ¿ala@ háasab tart^b al-nozu@l, 6 vols., Damascus, 1384/1964; cited in Aya@z^, p. 218.

SoltÂa@n Moháammad b. H®aydar Moháammad b. SoltÂa@n Moháammad Jona@ba@dò^ (Gona@ba@d^), Baya@n al-sa¿a@da f^ maqa@ma@t al-¿eba@da, Tehran, 1324/1906-7, reprints 1385/1965 and Beirut 1408/1987-88; cited in Aya@z^, p. 212.

Kama@l-al-D^n H®osayn b. ¿Al^ Wa@¿ezá-e Ka@shef^, Mawa@heb-e ¿al^ya ya@ Tafs^r-e H®osayn^, ed. M. Jala@l^ Na@÷^n^, 4 vols., Tehran, 1317 à./1938. 

Abu'l-Janna@b Ahámad b. ¿Omar, Najm-al-D^n Kobra@,  ¿Ayn al-háaya@t (or al-Ta÷w^la@t al-najm^ya), see Elias.

P. Lory, Les commentaires esoteriques du Coran d'apres ¿Abd al-Razzâq al-Qâshân^, 2e ed., Paris, 1980.   

O. Loth,  A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, London, 1877.

H. Masarrat, Keta@b'shena@s^-ye Abu'l-Fazµl Rash^d-al-D^n Maybod^, Tehran, 1374 à./1995. 

M. Mashann^, Madrasat al-tafs^r fi'l-Andalus,  Beirut, 1986.

Abu'l-Fazµl Maybod^, Kashf al-asra@r wa ¿oddat al-abra@r, ed. ¿A.-A. H®ekmat, 10 vols., Tehran, 1331-39 à./1962-70.

J.-L. Michon, trans., "L'Autobiographie (Fahrasa) du Soufi Marocain Ahámad ibn ¿Ag¡^ba (1747-1809)," Arabica, vol. 15-16, 1968-69.

Idem, Le Soufi Marocain Ahámad ibn ¿Aj^ba (1746-1809) et Son Mi¿ra@j, Paris, 1973.

Ne¿mat-Alla@h b. Mahámu@d Nakòjewa@n^, al-Fawa@tehá al-ela@h^ya wa'l-mafa@tehá al-g@ayb^ya, 2 vols., Istanbul, 1325/1907. 

A. Nanji, "Isma¿^lism," in Islamic Spirituality: Foundations, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, New York, pp. 179-198.

H®. Sa@da@t Naser^ and M. Da@nesh Pazhu@h, Heza@r sa@l tafs^r-e fa@rs^, Tehran, 1369 à./ 1990.

Nezáa@m-al-D^n H®asan b. Moháammad b. H®osayn Qomm^ Naysa@bu@r^,  Tafs^r GÚara@÷eb al-Qor÷a@n wa-rag@a@÷eb al-forq@a@n, in margins of T®abar^, Keta@b Ja@me¿ al-baya@n f^ tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n,  Bu@la@q, 1323; reprint 12 vols., Beirut, 1400/1980.

M. Noqra@sh^,  al-Bahát¯  wa'l-dera@sa f^ mawzµu@¿ Abu@ ¿Abd-al-Raháma@n al-Solam^ mofasseran. Ph.D. dissertation, Ja@me¿at al-Azhar, prior to 1985.

P. Nwyia, "Le Tafs^r Mystique Attribue  a` Ja¿far S®a@diq," in Melanges de L'Universite Saint-Joseph, vol. 43:4, Beirut, 1968.

Idem, Exegese Coranique et Langage Mystique, Beirut, 1970  (tr. as Tafs^r-e Qor÷a@n^  va-zaba@n-e ¿erfa@n^, tr. by Esma@¿^l Sa¿a@dat, Tehran, 1373 à./ 1994).

Idem, ed., Trois oeuvres inedites de mystiques musulmans (Le Tafs^r d'ibn ¿AtÂa@÷), Beirut, 1973.

Idem,  "Muqaddemat tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n li-¿Ala@÷ al-Dawla Simna@n^," al-Abháa@t¯, vol. 26 [1973-77], pp. 141-57.

 Y. Pindar^, Zaba@n-e ahl-e esha@rat, Tehran, 1374 à./1995. 

N. Pourjavady and P. L. Wilson, Kings of Love, Tehran, 1978.

¿Abd-al-Razza@q Qa@sha@n^,  Tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n al-kar^m lil-àaykò al-akbar al-¿a@ref bella@h al-¿alla@ma Moháyi'l-D^n Ebn ¿Arab^, ed. M. GÚa@lib, 2 vols., 3rd printing, Beirut, 1401/1981. 

M. QatÂtÂa@n, Maba@háet¯ f^ ¿olu@m al-Qor÷a@n, Ria@zµ, 1391/1971.

M. Sa@lem Qedwa@÷^, "Sayyid Muháammad G^su@dira@z awr unk^ Tafs^r-e MultaqatÂ," Borha@n, vol. 56 (1966), pp. 168-76 (cited by Hussaini). 

Qa@zµ^ Sa¿^d Qomm^, Sharhá Tawháid al-S®adu@q, ed. N. H®ab^b^, Tehran, 1373 à./1994.

Abu'l-Qa@sem ¿Abd-al-Kar^m Qoshayr^,  LatÂa@÷ef al-esha@ra@t,  ed. E. Basyu@n^, 3 vols., Cairo, 1971.

Najm-al-D^n Ra@z^, Bahár al-háaqa@÷eq, Istanbul: Süleyma@niye, ms. Hasan Hüsnü #37 mukarrar.

Jama@l-al-D^n Yu@sof b. Hela@l b. (?) Abi 'l-Baraka@t H®alab^ H®anaf^ Abu'l-Fazµa@÷el S®afad^, Kashf al-asra@r f^ hatk al-asta@r, for mss. see Ate¶ 1974, p. 202.

S®. S®a@w^,  Edition and Persian Translation of Suras 1-3 of ¿Ara@÷es al-baya@n (based on four mss.) (actual title unknown), Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tehran, Tehran, nd.

W. Shpall, "A Note on Najm-al-D^n al-Ra@z^ and the Bahár al-háaqa@÷iq," Folia Orientalia, vol. 22, 1981-84, pp. 69-80.

¿Ala@÷-al-Dawla Semna@n^, Tafs^r Najm al-Qor÷a@n, see mss. cited in Elias.

Sheha@b-al-D^n Abu@ H®afsá ¿Omar b. Moháammad Sohraward^, Nog@bat al-baya@n f^ tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n, mss.  cited in Brockelmann and Ate¶.

Abu@ ¿Abd-al-Raháma@n Moháammad b. H®osayn Solam^, H®aqa@'eq al-tafs^r, ms. Balad^ya (Alexandria, Egypt) #1018b.

C. A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, London, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1927-1939, reprint 1989; and vol. 1, pt. 2, 1953, reprint 1972.

Abu@ Esháa@q Ahámad b. Moháammad b. Ebra@h^m T¨a¿lab^,  Kashf wa'l-baya@n ¿an tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n, apparently published in Istanbul, 1931 (see ¿Abd-al-Raháma@n, vol. 1, p. 428).

Sahl b. ¿Abd-Alla@h Tostar^, Tafs^r al-Qor÷a@n al-¿azá^m, Cairo, 1329/1911. 

P. Walker, Early Philosophical Shiism, Salt Lake City, 1993.

Idem, The Wellsprings of Wisdom, Cambridge (UK), 1994.

H. Yélmaz, Aziz Mahmu@d Hüdâyi ve Celvetiyye Tarikaté, Istanbul, 1980.

M. Zarqa@n^, Mana@hel al-¿erfa@n f^ ¿olu@m al-Qor÷a@n, 2 vols., Cairo, 1362/1943.