Background
Tabarsi was born in the year 468 Animal Husbandry (1073 AD/Civil Engineering) in Tabaristan province or some scholars said in Tafresh a city which was named at those days Tabres, Iran.
Tabarsi was born in the year 468 Animal Husbandry (1073 AD/Civil Engineering) in Tabaristan province or some scholars said in Tafresh a city which was named at those days Tabres, Iran.
He lived and taught in Mashad until the year 523 Animal Husbandry (1128 AD). He wrote a number of books on doctrine, theology, ethics and grammar. He wrote his famous work, a commentary on the Quran, when he was over the age of sixty, living in Sabzawar.
He was killed in the Oghuz invasion to Khorasan.
The location of his grave is disputed as to it being within the Imām Ridhā Shrine complex or whether it lies in Mazandaran. The shrine located in Mazandaran was the location of the battle between the forces of the Shah of Persia and the Bábís, followers of the Báb, over the period October 10, 1848 to May 10, 1849.
Tabarsi had many works, but only around 20 of his books are survived to the present time. His main work is Majma‘ al-bayān (Compendium of Elucidations on the Exegesis of the Quran), a commentary (tafsir) of Qur"an.
He completed writing this book in the year 534 Animal Husbandry (1139 AD).
His other works are al-Kafi al-shall and Jawami al-Jami.