"The Eternal Constitution of Quran" by Ayatollah Jaffer Subhani
Ayatollah Jaffer Subhani (May Allah prolong his life) has probably made the first comprehensive and organized effort at what has come to be known as "Thematic Exegesis of Quran" . The traditional pattern of Quranic exegesis which forms the basis of almost all well known and famous exegesis of Quran is to start from the beginning of The Quran and explain the verses and surahs in the order in which they appear in The Book. Thus the exegesis starts with the first verse of Surah Fatiha and ends with the last verse of Surah Naas. Ayatollah Jaffer Subhani has attempted to change this trend. He takes the thematic approach wherein he selects a theme or a topic and then collects all the verses about this theme scattered all over the Quran and comes out with an overall coherent Quranic concept about the topic. This he calls as "exegesis of Quran by Quran itself". This is the background of the thematic approach of Holy Quran. The exegesis is published in Persian and I have t