El-Emsel fî Tefsîri Kitâbillâhi'l-Münezzel Adlı Şîa Tefsirinde Hz. Ömer Algısı

The tafsir entitled al-Amthal fî Tafsiri Kitâb Allah al-Munazzal by Nasir Makârim al-Shîrâzî, one of the contemporary important Shi'i authorities is one of the significant sources, providing the views of Shi’a. This study aims to determine the Shi’a's perception of Umar (ra), the second caliph, in context of this tafsir and to reveal whether it reflects the truth or not. The data, obtained from al-Shîrâzî’s tafsir shows that Shi’a's perception of Umar (ra) is very different from that described in the Sunni sources. Only a few of the examples which support this evaluation are presented in this study. These topics are his opposition to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), his not complying with the shûrâ criteria when he established shûrâ council for the appointment of the caliph after him, his inadequate knowledge, his escape from the battlefield during Hunain war, the rejection of a suggestion of Umar (ra) by revelation and an unpleasant accusation about him. This study focuses on these issues that constitute the Shi’a's perception of Umar (ra) in the frame of al-Shîrâzî’s tafsir and supplies and analyzes the evidences and reaches the conclusion that Makârim alShîrâzî occasionally refers some narratives which are not mentioned in any reliable sources and certain false narratives by arguing non-truthful claims. On occasion, he mentions some part of a particular narrative which he thinks it can be interpreted against Umar but ignores the other part which can be interpreted in support of him in the same text. At times, he endeavors to create a negative perception of Umar nonacademically by placing some expressions between sound narrations due to change the meaning into a different direction.