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Publication:ÌýKeys to the Arcana: Shahrastani’s Esoteric Commentary on the Qur’an
Translator:ÌýDr Toby Mayer

Questions addressed in the interview:

1. What is the significance to scholarship of presenting Shahrastani’s Keys to the Arcana?
2. Who was Shahrastani?
3. What was the historical and intellectual context of hisÌýQur’anÌýcommentary?
4. Is Keys to the Arcana distinguished by any specific interpretative methodology?
5. How does Shahrastani’s commentary reflect Shi’i or, more specifically, Isma’ili influence?
6. Does Shahrastani have a distinctive concept of theÌýQur’anÌýand how is this reflected in the details of his commentary?
7. What, if any, is the modern relevance of this text?