Burhān

برهانburhān

Preferred translation: demonstration
Technical sense: decisive demonstration

General Technical Meaning

A demonstration is a syllogism composed of certain premises, whether immediately necessary or theoretically established.

In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works

In al-Manāmāt, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī identifies burhān with decisive evidence that distinguishes truth from falsehood. Its restricted attainment helps explain why a prophetic sign has a different public evidentiary role.

Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt

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On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 4
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 5
On Dreams and Prophecies · Introduction by Ustād Fayyāḍbakhsh · passage 6
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Seven — That Between Acts and Faculties There Is a Connection · passage 4
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Ten: On that to which the people of felicity ultimately come. · passage 3
On Dreams and Prophecies · Chapter Fifteen — On Prophethood and Messengership and What Follows Them of Revelation, Inspiration, the Veridical Dream, the Miracle, the Preternatural, and the Charism · passage 6
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Baqarah 2:1–5
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Nisāʾ 4:170–175
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Māʾidah 5:27–32
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Māʾidah 5:105
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · al-Aʿrāf 7:138–154
Tafsīr al-Mīzān · Author’s Introduction

Canonical address: /glossary/burhan/