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Title: TABARI: Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an: VOLUME 1
Author: Muhammad ibn Jarir Tabar / Translated by Scott Lucas
ISBN: 9781911141259
Publisher: The Islamic Texts Society (UK)
Tabari's Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an, also known as Tabari's Tafsir, 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: Ṭabarī’s introduction; The Opening; the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 and 284–286); The Family of ʿImrān (3:7 and 18); Repentance (9:38–40 and 128–129); the story of Moses and al-Khaḍir from The Cave (18:60–82); the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35–42); Prostration; Yāʾ Sīn.
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.
About Author:
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (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’ān commentary and history. The only two large books of his to survive are his History of Messengers and Kings and his Qur’ānic commentary, The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur’ān.
Scott C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
Author: Muhammad ibn Jarir Tabar / Translated by Scott Lucas
ISBN: 9781911141259
Publisher: The Islamic Texts Society (UK)
Tabari's Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an, also known as Tabari's Tafsir, 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: Ṭabarī’s introduction; The Opening; the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 and 284–286); The Family of ʿImrān (3:7 and 18); Repentance (9:38–40 and 128–129); the story of Moses and al-Khaḍir from The Cave (18:60–82); the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35–42); Prostration; Yāʾ Sīn.
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.
About Author:
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (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’ān commentary and history. The only two large books of his to survive are his History of Messengers and Kings and his Qur’ānic commentary, The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur’ān.
Scott C. Lucas is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
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