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By the dawn
And the ten nights
And the even and the odd
O you tranquil soul!
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing
[al-Fajr: 1-3; 27-28]
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And whoever seeks nobility, remains vigilant by night.
Whoever wishes to achieve without due effort,
Will waste their life seeking what’s impossible.
You search for glory and yet you sleep at night,
It’s only the seeker of pearls who dives deep into the sea.
– Imam al-Shafi’i, al-Diwan
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Finally! A Concise Explanation of the Major Tafseers
As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaah
Long lost treasure found! 😀
Ok, so I never had it in the first place that I should have lost it but mashaa’Allaah tabaraka’Allaah I’ve found something that I’ve been looking for, for a very long time:
A concise comparison between all the major tafaaseer!
For those interested, below is an audio compilation/series in arabic by Sh. Abd al-Rahmaan al-Shahri found on the ahlal tafsir website. In it, he details out the different tafseers – classic and contemporary, and also gives background information on each of the scholars. Masha’Allaah, I highly recommend everyone to probably go through these audios before intending to buy a tafseer set, or if you’re interested in knowing the approaches taken by the mufassireen and what their respective tafaseer focus more on in comparison to others.
Enjoy!
1. The Importance of studying the biographies of the Mufassireen and their methodology (in their tafseers)
2. Turjuman al-Qur’aan `Abdullaah ibn `Abbaas (radhiallaahu `anhu)
3. Imam Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari [1]
4. Imam Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari [2]
5. Imam Abd al-Haqq `Atiyyah ibn Al-Andalusi [Al-Muharrar al-Wajeez]
6. Imam al-Qurtubi & his tafseer
7. Imam Ibn Kathir & his tafseer
8. Imam `Abd al-Rahmaan ibn al-Jawzi [Zaad al-Maseer]
9. Jaar’Allaah al-Zamakhshari [al-Kashaaf]
10. Imam Ibn Hayyan al-Andalusi [al-Bahr al-Muheet]
11. Imam al-Baghawi [Ma’aalim al-Tanzeel]
12. Imam Yahya ibn Salaam al-Basri & his tafseer
13. Imam Ibn `Aashoor [Al-Tahreer wal-Tanweer]
14. Qadhi Al-Baydhaawi [Anwaar al-Tanzeel]
15. Adab al-Mufassireen [Etiquettes]
16. Imam Ibn Juziy al-Kalbi [Al-Tas-heel li`uloom al-Tanzeel]
17. `Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood (radhiallaahu `anhu)
18. al-Fakhr al-Deen al-Raazi [Mafateeh al-Ghayb]
19. Imam al-Shanqeeti [Adhwaa al-Bayaan]
20. Shaykh `Abd al-Rahman al-Sa’di [Tayseer al-Kareem al-Rahman]
21. Imam Muqaatil ibn Sulayman al-Balkhi & his tafseer
23. Shaykh Jamal al-Deen al-Qasimi [Mahaasin al-Ta’weel]
24. Imam al-Shawkaani [Fath al-Qadeer]
25. Imam Qataada al-Taabi’i
26. Imam al-Suyooti [Al-Durr al-Manthoor]
27. Abu Ubaydah Ma’mar ibn al-Muthana [Majaaz al-Qur’aan]
28. Abu Bakr ibn al-`Arabi al-Maaliki [Ahkaam al-Qur’aan]
29. Imam Mujaahid al-Taabi’i
30. Imam Hasan al-Basri
31. Imam Abu Ishaaq al-Zajjaaj [Ma’aani al-Qur’aan wa I’raabihi]
32. Imam Sa’eed ibn Jubayr
