Chapter Twenty-Two: Regarding the Knowledge of the Quran and Its Personification; and what is its Interpretation (Ta'wil) and its Revelation (Tanzil), the Lawful and the Forbidden, the Abrogating and the Abrogated, and the Decisive and the Ambiguous.
[185] The Al-Alim [The Sage] (Mighty is His Might) was asked: "O our Master, why was the Quran named Quran?"
He replied:
"Because of its proximity (qurbihi) to Allah the Exalted. It is the Greatest Master (Al-Sayyid al-Akbar) between whom and his Creator (Bari') there is no divider and no intermediary. For He [the Almighty] has said: {Ya-Sin. By the wise Quran. Indeed you are from among the messengers} 1 . Thus, He is Ya-Sin, and He is the Quran."
[186] And He [the Master] was asked about the saying of Allah the Exalted:
{Peace be upon Al-Yasin} 2 .