Mir'at al-Uqul (Arabic: مرآة العقول lit. The Mirror Of Minds/Intellect) (Full name: Merʾāt al-ʿoqul fi šarḥ aḵbār āl al-rasul: Šarḥ ketāb al-Kāfi le’l-Kolayni) is a hadith commentary of Al-Kafi, one of the four main Shi'a hadith books, that contains hadith gradings and commentary by Shia scholar Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (d. 1110/1698). It was originally written in Arabic in 25 volumes.[1] The hadith commentary from this book is considered amongst the most important among the Twelver Shi'a community[2]
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[edit]- ^ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Great Shi'i Works: 'Al-Kafi' by Al-Kulayni". www.al-islam.org (in Swahili). 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2022-06-02.