alusi's approach to the mystical commentary

abu al-thana' shihab al-din mahmoud alusi baghdadiwas one of the quranic commentators of the 13th century, a follower of naghshbandiyyahsufi order, and the author of the quranic commentary, ruh al-ma'ani.  one of the importantaspects of his commentary is the approach of the author to the tradition of themystical commentary. alusi had the mystical tendencies, and in some placesreflected viewpoints of the commentators who worked in theoretical andpractical mysticism, according to his scholarship, taste, spirituality,external states, and the needs of addressees. regarding the school and traditionof the mystical commentary, alusi's encounter with interpretative views ofmystics is selective. accordingly, effort for causing agreement betweenreligious law and mysticism on the basis of naghshbandiyyah, formsruling spirit over this attitude in the tradition of mystical commentary.  moreover, one should not be negligent aboutalusi's scholarly and critical encounter with other viewpoint of mysticalcommentary in ruh al-ma'ani, such as his opinion of ibn arabi's theoryof the unity of being. these encounters which indicate his independent attitudeand intellectual power on the quranic commentary in general, and on themystical commentary in particular, are explainable and distinguishable only inthe light of special approach to, and the consideration of his scholarship andspecialization