The following is a list of tafsir works. Tafsir is a body of commentary and explication, aimed at explaining the meanings of the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. Tafsir can broadly be categorized by its affiliated Islamic schools and branches and the era it was published, classic or modern.
Tafsir al-Kabir (The Great Interpretation) by Muqatil ibn Sulayman (80-150AH). The first full tafsir attributed to Muqatil ibn Sulayman ibn Bashiral-Balkhi.ibn sulayman, muqatel (2021). الوجوه والنظائر في القرآن الكريم. Beirut: دار الكتب العلمية. p. 400. ISBN2745198246.[1]
"The Message of the Qur’ān" by Muhammad Asad ( Leopold Weis) 1940.[2]
"The Meaning of the Glorious Quran" by Marmaduke Pickthall 1929 [3]
"The Koran : Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed-with large commentary, by George Sale.[4]
"Quran to English" by Arab born American Talal Itani.[5]
Translation
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas: Great Commentaries of the Holy Qur'an translated by Mokrane Guezzou. Fons Vitae, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought.
"The Meaning of the Glorious Quran" by Marmaduke Pickthall 1929 [6]
"The Koran: Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed, by George Sale[7]
Sunni
Arabic
"tafseer at-Tabari" by at-Tabari, very popular tafseer book, available online embedded in phones apps of Quran and/or tafseer along with Qurtubi, Baghawi, Sa'di, ibn Kathir, al- Jalalayn being the most popular tafseers[8]"most-famous-quran-tafseer-quranic-commentaries-of-the-world"..
Tafsir Muqatel by Muqatil ibn Sulayman (80-150AH). The first full tafsir attributed to Muqatil ibn Sulayman ibn Bashir al-Balkhi.ibn Sulayman, Muqatel (2021). الوجوه والنظائر في القرآن الكريم. Beirut: دار الكتب العلمية. p. 400. ISBN2745198246.[12]
"Tafseer Ibn Ashur/Tafsir al-Tahrir wa'l-Tanwir/Liberation and enlightenment تفسير التحرير والتنوير" by Muhammad ibn Ashur[13]
Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz (The Concise Record), commonly known as Tafsir ibn 'Atiyyah after its author, Ibn Atiyyah (d. 541 or 546AH), a Maliki judge from al-Andalus. This Qur’anic commentary is popular in North Africa.
Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil by Al-Baydawi (d. 685 AH/1286 CE), also famous as Tafsir al-Baydawi — a shortened version of Al-Kashshaf, with Mu’tazili references altered; printed in two volumes.[14][15] In Turkey it is often published with marginal notes by a Turkish scholar called 'al-Qunawi' in seven volumes.[citation needed]
Tafsir ibn Kathir (Tafsir al-Quran al-Azim) by Ibn Kathir (1301—1373 CE/ 774 AH). A summary of the earlier interpretation by al-Tabari. Available online.[16] It has been summarized as Mukhtasar Tafsir Ibn Kathir in 3 volumes by Muhammad 'Ali As-Sabuni.[14]
Lubab al-Ta'wil Fi Ma'ani at-Tanzil by Ala al-Din al-Khazin (d. 741), which is an abridgement of Ma’alimal-Tanzil byHasan been Mas’ud al-Baghawi.
Futuhal-Ghawyb Fi Kashfi 'an Qina'i-r-Rawyb (Sharh 'ala Al-Kashshaf) by Shaeawfal-Din al-Husain Ibn 'Abdullahi-tt-Twibi (743 AH)[citation needed]
Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (d. 745 AH/1344 CE) is a linguistic commentary on the Qur’an primarily from the standpoint of Arabic grammar and rhetoric.
Bada'i' al-Tafsir and At-Tibbyanu Fi Aymani al-Qur'an by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH/1350 CE)
At-Tahsil li-'Ulumi al-Tanzil by Ibn Juzayy (758 AH/1357 CE)
Nazm al-Durar fi Tanasub al-Ayi wa al-Suwar (Tafsir al-Biqa'i) by Burhanuddin Ibrahim bin Umar al-Biqa'i
Fath al-Rahman Fi Tafsir al-Qur'an by Mujir al-Din (d. 927 AH) - the exegete was a Palestinian judge, historian and Hanbali jurist from Jerusalem. Not to be confused with the Persian translation and commentary written by the MuhaddithShah Waliullah Dehlawi.
Irshad al-'Aql as-Salim ila Mazaya al-Qur’an al-Karim by Ebussuud Efendi (d.951 AH/1505 CE). Also known as Tafsir Abi Sa’ud.
Asbab al-Nuzul al-Qur’an (The Causes of the Revelation of the Qur’an)
Al-Wajiz Fi Tafsir al-Kitabi al-'Aziz (1/2 Volumes)
Al-Wasit Fi Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Majid (4 Volumes)
Al-Basit (16/24 Volumes)
Legal Tafsir
Ahkam al-Qur’an ('The Commands of the Quran') by Al-Jaṣṣās (d. 370 AH/981 CE). Based on the legal rulings of the Hanafi school of Islamic law. This was published in three volumes and remains popular amongst the Hanafis of India, the Middle East and Turkey.
Ahkam al-Qur’an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (d.543 AH/1148 CE). The author is also known as 'Qadi ibn al-Arabi' (ibn Arabi, the judge) to distinguish him from the famous SufiIbn Arabi. He was a jurist from Andalusia (MuslimSpain) His interpretation has been published in three volumes and contains commentary on the legal rulings of the Qur’an according to the Maliki school.
Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur’an (The collection of Qur’anic Injunctions) by Al-Qurtubi (1214—1273 CE/671 AH), the famous MalikiAsh'ari jurist of Cordoba, in Andalusia. This 10-volume tafsir is a commentary on the Qur’anic verses dealing with legal issues. Although the author was a Maliki, he also presents the legal opinions of other major schools of Islamic jurisprudence; thus it is popular with jurists from all of the schools of Islamic law. One volume of this tafsir has been translated into English by Aisha Bewley. Available online.[18]
Nukat al-Qur’an al-Dallah ala al-Bayan by Al-Qassab (d. 360AH/970CE)[19][20] a commentary primarily from the viewpoint of applied Islamic law.
Partial and Unfinished Tafsir
Ma'ani Al-Qur'an al-Karim (unfinished) by Abu Jaʿfar an-Nahhas (d. 338 AH/949 CE) - It contains tafsir from Surah Al-Fatihah to Surah Al-Fath. It has been edited and annotated by Muhammad 'Ali As-Sabina.[citation needed]
Al-Bustanu Fi I'rawbi Mushkilati al-Qur'an (unfinished) by Ahmad Ibn Ahnaf Abi Bakr Al-Yamani Ibn 'Umar Al-Hanbali (717 AH).
Tafsir Ibn 'Arawfah (unfinished) by Ibn Arafa (d. 800/803 AH/ 1400 CE)
Tafsir Ibn Kamal Basha (unfinished) by Ibn Kemal (d. 940 AH/1536 CE)
At-Tafsirat al-Ahmadiyyah Fi Bayani al-ayati-sh-Shar'iyyah by Mulla Ahmad Jiwan (d. 1130 AH / 1718 CE). This is the Hanafi tafsir of only those ayat which are concerned with matters of Fiqh.[citation needed]
Mushkilat al-Qur’an by Anwar Shah Kashmiri, edited with references and one of the introductions by Ahmad Bijnuri, and another introduction by the author's favourite student Muhammad Yusuf Banori. The book predominantly in Arabic but passages in Persian also appear throughout the work. The main objective[citation needed] for undertaking to write this work was to interpret only those verses of the Qur’an which are generally considered to be difficult to understand. A special feature of this particular work is that the author has, in addition, set aside 190 verses that, in his opinion, required further discussion and repeated consideration. Published posthumously in Maligaon, Surat, Gujrat, India, by Majlis al-'Ilmi in 1974.
Modern
Hashiyah ala Tafsir al-Qadi al-Baydawi by Ibn 'Abidin (d. 1252 AH/1836 CE)
al-Iklil ʻala Madarik al-tanzil wa-ḥaqaʼiq al-taʼwil lil-Imam al-Nasafi by Muhammad Abdul Haq bin Shah al-Hindi al-Hanafi (d. 1915 AD) - A commentary of An-Nasafi's Tafsir, with elements ofTafsir al-Baydawi by al-Baydawi andTafsir Al-Kashshaf byAl-Zamakhshari, which is famous for its linguistic analysis, some of which al-Baydawi and then an-Nasafi amended and some omitted.[21]
Mawaheb-e-'Aliyya (Tafsir al-Husaini): by Husayn Kashifi
Mushkilat al-Qur’an by Anwar Shah Kashmiri, edited with references and one of the introductions by Ahmad Bijnuri, and another introduction by the author's favourite student Muhammad Yusuf Banori. This partial commentary is predominantly in Arabic but passages in the Persian language also appears throughout the work. The main objective for undertaking to write this work was to interpret only those verses of the Holy Qur’an which are generally considered to be difficult to understand. A special feature of this particular work is that the author has, in addition, set aside 190 verses that, in his opinion, required further discussion and repeated consideration. Published posthumously in Maligaon, Surat, Gujrat, India, by Majlis al-'Ilmi in 1974.
Tafsir Zakaria by Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. Available online.[27]
Tafsir-e-Haqqani[28]) by Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (completed but not fully published yet) - only the first and last Juz' were published but the author completed the manuscript of the Tafsir in approximately 16000 pages and urged his students to publish it but no one has taken up the task of the continuation of the publication yet).
Nural-Qur'an by Muhammad Aminal-Islam (30 volumes) (1981-1998)
Tafsir al-Jalalayn with its Urdu commentaries Jamalayn and Kamalayn by 'Abdal-Ghawffar Shahpuri, Amiral-Islam Faridabadi, and Habibal-Rahman Hobiganji.
Illuminating Discourses on the Noble Qur’an by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri, translated into English by Ismail Ebrahim, and edited by Ismail Khathrada and Afzal Hoosen Elias
Tafsir al-Tabari by al-Tabari has been partially translated by Scott Lucas as Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an in two volumes, Islamic Texts Society
Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb has been translated as In the Shade of the Quran by Adil Salahi and A.A Shamis, Islamic Foundation
Tadabbur-e-Qur'an has been translated as Pondering over the Qur'an by Mohammad Saleem Kayani. Incomplete, in two volumes, Islamic Book Trust
Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalal ud Din Suyuti and Jalal ud Din al Mahalli has been translated as:
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Complete English Translation by Aisha Bewley, Dar al-Taqwa
Tafsir al Jalayan: Great Commentaries of the Holy Qur'an translated by Feras Hamza, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Fons Vitae
Tafsir al-Kabir by al-Razi has been partially translated as The Great Exegesis: al-Tafsir al-Kabir by Sohaib Saeed. Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Islamic Texts Society
Risale-i Nur by Said Nursî (1878—1960) written mainly in Turkish, is a large work, with four main volumes. It consists of extensive exegesis of certain verses and explanation of the fundamentals of how to approach the Qur’an. It especially explains the verses that 21st century people need most. In other words, it studies the verses about the six articles of belief of Islam such as believing in God and the day of judgment. It also gives logical answers to the questions asked by Atheists. This work is written in a more accessible style to the general public and is translated into 52 languages.[31][32][33]
Elmalılı Tefsir by Elmalılı Muhammed Hamdi Yazır. Published in 10 volumes, it remains one of the most popular commentaries in Turkish.[34]
Okuyucu Tefsiri by Semra Kürün Çekmegil - The first tafsir written by a female Turkish scholar[22]
Kur’an Tahlili: Arapça Gramer Işığında Sözlük-Meal-Tefsir by Necla Yasdıman[22]
Tafsir-Aini 1-15 Parah/Juz' (Volume-I & II) explained by Ainul Bari Aliavi. Published by Sufia Prakashani, Kolkata, India. ISBN978-81-941079-1-0 (volume-I) & ISBN978-81-941079-2-7 (Volume-II).
English
Original
Tafsir Ishraq Al-Ma'ani (1997-2007) by Syed Iqbal Zaheer. In eight volumes, this tafsir summarizes the exegesis of the most prominent writings of Muslim scholars from Tabari to Sayyid Qutb from a Salafi perspective.
Translation
Tafseer as-Sa'di by Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di, translated by Nasiruddin al-Khattab and edited by Huda Khattab, International Islamic Publishing House (from Arabic)
Ahasanul Bayan by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, translated by Mohammad Kamal Myshkat, Dar-us-Salam Publications (from Urdu)
The Qur'an Interpretation. 2 vols. by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly (1968, Iraq), translated by E. A. Nassir (2016, Beirut). The Qur'an Interpretation (2 vol). (from Arabic)
Asrar al-Tanzil by Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (from Urdu)
Laṭā'if al-Isharat bi-Tafsir al-Qur'ān has been partially translated as Abu'l-Qasim Al-Qushayri's Lata'if Al-Isharat: Subtleties of The Allusions by Kristin Zahra Sands, Dar Ul Thaqafah
A Sufi Commentary on the Qur'an: Ta'wilat al-Qur'an by Abd al-Razzaq Al-Kashani, translated by Khalid Williams. The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Islamic Texts Society
Tafsir Al-Tustari: Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur’an translated by Annabel and Ali Keeler, The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Fons Vitae
Arabic Dawateislami (1973) The Arabic Dawateislami is a global organization by Sheikh Muhammad Elias Al-Attar Al-Qadri of Barelvi Sunni that aims to spread the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah, Islamic, education, and send preachers to call to God in the world. It was founded by Sheikh Muhammad Elias Al-Attar Al-Qadri, a Muslim scholar, a Sufi scholar of the Silsila Qadriya Razawiya, and the author of many books, including Faizan-e-Sunnat. He has some 30 million disciples all over the world
The Study Qur’an — authored by an editorial collective led by noted Islamic philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr, published in 2015 by HarperCollins. This work seeks to highlight the depth and diversity of interpretations that exist within traditional Islam, drawing on 40 major classical commentaries from a wide range of orientations, including both Sunni and Shi'a viewpoints, the Maturidi, Ashari, Mutazili and Athari schools of Islamic theology, as well as Sufi interpretations; but excluding modern reformist and fundamentalist views. Has been hailed by academics as an unparalleled reference work in the field of Islamic studies.[41]
The Ascendant Qur'an: Realigning Man to the Divine Power Culture by Muhammad al Asi
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