Tabari's Qur'an Commentary, 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 Qur'anic 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 Comprehensive Exposition.
Volume I contains: Tabari's introduction; The Opening; the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 and 284-286); The Family of Imran (3:7 and 18); Repentance (9:38-40 and 128-129); the story of Moses and al-Khadir from The Cave (18:60-82); the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35-42); Prostration; Ya' Sin.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Translator's Introduction
Tabari's Introduction
The Opening: Surat al-Fatiha (1:2–7)
The Cow: Surat al-Baqara (2:255)
The Cow: Surat al-Baqara (2:284–286)
The Family of 'Imran: Surat Al 'Imran (3:7)
The Family of 'Imran: Surat Al 'Imran (3:18)
Repentance: Surat al-Tawba (9:38–40)
Repentance: Surat al-Tawba (9:128–129)
The Cave: Surat al-Kahf (18:60–82)
The Light: Surat al-Nur (24:35–42)
Prostration: Surat al-Sajda (32:1–30)
Ya' Sin: Surat Ya' Sin (36:1–83)
The Companies: Surat al-Zumar (39:53–55)
Appendix A: The Disconnected Letters (al-Muqatta'at)
Appendix B: Tabari's Teachers
Appendix C: Tabari's Qur'an Interpreters
Appendix D: Tabari's Poets
Appendix E: References to Arabic Passages of Tafsir al-Tabari
Bibliography
General Index
About the Author :
Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/923) is one of the most famous Muslim scholars of medieval Islamic civilization. He composed numerous books in Arabic in the fields of Islamic law, Qur'an commentary and history. The only two large books of his to survive are his History of Messengers and Kings and his Qur'anic commentary, The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an.
Scott C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
Review :
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