The Original Striking Aspects of Commentary of Qutb al-din al‑Shîrâzî (d. 710/1311) Fathal-Mannân

Even though it has the features of its contemporary commentaries and is a product of its age’srequirements, Kutbuddin Al‑Shirazi’s commentary has some unique aspects that differ from others. Especially it differs from others in the purpose of written. It was written for the public, for counselling them and giving direction to its era. In addition, it gives place to different opinions and makes choices between them. This commentary is a kind of compilation that has little of its author’s authority. It includes some topics that are far from commentary broadly and repeats the topics that the author cares about more than once. The features that make this commentary original are that the commentator does not give place enough to the scientific explanation although he is an expert on sciences in his time, he prefers –although partially‑ narrations to scientific views, he gives place a little or no to the philosophy of Illumination even though he is counted as one of the representatives, he gives place to some critical statements on Illumination views and he wrote his book using much more resources than his contemporaries who suffered from the lack of resources.