The First Ever Unique Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur an Published in Mashhad, Iran

The first ever unique Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur'an in Arabic entitled "Al-Mojam fi Feqh Lughat al-Qur'an wa Sirr Balagha" (A Dictionary of Quranic Lexical Items and its Rhetorical Secret) compiled in sixty volumes have been accomplished by the Holy Qur'an Department of the Islamic Research Foundation, the constituent research institution of Astan Quds Razavi [the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)] located in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran. This comprehensive work is considered as the most valuable lexicon in the etymology of the words of the Holy Qur'an. This first ever unique Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur'an have been accomplished after thirty years of incessant efforts of a group of twenty leading scholars in Quran'ic sciences under the supervision of Emeritus Professor Ayatullah Muhammad Vaez Zadeh Khurasani, who is the prominent professor of the Islamic seminary (Hawzah) and University in Iran. This great encyclopedia is also considered as the magnum opus of the reverend author.
During the extensive research endeavours after collecting numerous primary sources of the Qur'anic sciences more than half a million index cards were prepared for this monumental work. The origin of every word mentioned in the Holy Qur'an comprises the subject entry of this great work which is arranged in alphabetical order. The origin of the every Qur'anic lexical item have been researched with different aspects of the Holy Qur'an and analyzed by discussing the views of all the prominent philologists and exegetists of Islam from the beginning of Islam till the present era. The commentary, eloquence and the circumstances of the revelation of every Quranic lexical item have also been discussed in detail. In the beginning of the every entry the derivations from the origin of every word are reviewed comprehensively.
"Al-Mojam fi Feqh Lughat al-Qur'an wa Sirr Balagha" (A Dictionary of Quranic Lexical Items and its Rhetorical Secret) has till now received the below-mentioned literary awards.
1- The Book of the Year Award, 1380 Sh /2001 CE.
2- The Selected Book Award of the Islamic Seminary of Qum, 1380 Sh /2001 CE.
3- The Selected Book Award in the seminar to pay homage to "the Servants of the Holy Qur'an" in the field of text culture conducted in the year 1379 Sh / 2000 CE.
4- The Book of the Year Award in the field of Holy Qur'an, Tehran, 1384 Sh /2005 CE.
5- The Selected Book Award in the Biannual Book of the Year in Khorasan Razavi province, Mashhad, 1384 Sh /2005 CE.
This monumental work on the Holy Qur'an have been accomplished in sixty volumes and so far twenty seven volumes of this great work have been published comprising 21818 pages in Royal octavo size with hardback cover.