Selections from The comprehensive exposition of the interpretation of the verses of the Qurʾān
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Selections from The comprehensive exposition of the interpretation of the verses of the Qurʾān
The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought and the Islamic Texts Society, 2017
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Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān
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Translated from the Arabic
Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-541) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Tabari's Tafsir or "Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an" is one of the great monuments of classical Arabic and Islamic scholarship which, over a millennium, has been a fundamental reference work for scholars engaged in the tradition of Quranic commentary and exegesis. This two-volume translation focuses on thirty selected verses and Suras, or Chapters, associated with special merits and blessings and also includes Tabari's own introduction to the Tafsir. Volume I contains: Tabari's introduction; The Opening; the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 & 284-286); The Family of Imran (3:7 & 18); Repentance (9:38-40 & 128-129); the story of Moses and Khadir from The Cave (18:60-82); the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35-42); Prostration; Ya' Sin. Volume II contains: The Companies (39:53-55); The Smoke; The Beneficent; The Inevitable Occasion; Iron; The Gathering (59:18-24); Sovereignty; The Resurrection; The Most High; The Sun; The Night; The Earthquake; The Chargers; Rivalry; The Disbelievers; Aid; Sincerity; Daybreak; People.
Table of Contents
- Translator's Introduction
- Volume I: The Opening
- the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 & 284-286)
- The Family of Imran (3:7 & 18)
- Repentance (9:38-40 & 128-129)
- the story of Moses and Khadir from The Cave (18:60-82)
- the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35-42)
- Prostration
- Ya' Sin. Volume II: The Companies (39:53-55)
- The Smoke
- The Beneficent
- The Inevitable Occasion
- Iron
- The Gathering (59:18-24)
- Sovereignty
- The Resurrection
- The Most High
- The Sun
- The Night
- The Earthquake
- The Chargers
- Rivalry
- The Disbelievers
- Aid
- Sincerity
- Daybreak
- People. Appendix A: The Disconnected Letter
- Appendix B: Tabari's Teachers
- Appendix C: Tabari's Quran Interpreters
- Appendix D: Tabari's Poets
- Appendix E: References to Arabic Passages from Tafsir Tabari
- Bibliography
- General Index.
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