Introduction to Books of Tafsīr

Project overview

This tafsīr project is a primer to the science of tafsīr. It introduces the major mufassirūn, their works and their methodologies. The aim is twofold: to introduce students to the different tafsīr works, as well as train students to actually use these works (not just know about them).

Alongside the write-ups, we are producing student workbooks that train students to use each tafsīr directly. These include questions (levelled for different abilities) that highlight the author’s methodology.

Each paper covers the following:

01The Biography
02General Methodology
03Detailed Methodology
04Best Prints of the Tafsir
05Excerpt from the Tafsir
06Methodology in Focus (Excerpts highlighting the author's methodology)

Completed and released

The released collection

Ten studies currently available

Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī — Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (d. 310/923)

Tafsīr Ibn Abī Ḥātim — ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad Ibn Abī Ḥātim (d. 327/938)

Tafsīr al-Wāḥidī (al-Wasīṭ) — ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Wāḥidī (d. 468/1076)

Al-Kashshāf — Maḥmūd b. ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī (d. 538/1144)

Tafsīr al-Khāzin — ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Khāzin (d. 725/1325)

Tafsīr Ibn Juzayy — Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Ibn Juzayy (d. 741/1340)

Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ — Muḥammad b. Yūsuf Abū Ḥayyān (d. 745/1344)

Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr — Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar Ibn Kathīr (d. 774/1373)

Al-Taḥrīr wa al-Tanwīr — Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir Ibn ʿĀshūr (d. 1393/1973)

al-Taysīr fī al-Tafsīr — Najm al-Dīn ʿUmar al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142)

What to expect next

The project roadmap

We are continuing to expand the project until we cover the following tafsīrs.
These will be released soon (in no particular order):

Tafsīr al-Māturīdī — Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944)

Al-Taysīr fī al-Tafsīr — Najm al-Dīn ʿUmar al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142)

Tafsīr Ibn ʿAṭiyyah — ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b. Ghālib Ibn ʿAṭiyyah (d. 541/1147)

Zād al-Masīr — ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201)

Tafsīr al-Rāzī — Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210)

Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī — Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Qurṭubī (d. 671/1273)

Anwār al-Tanzīl — ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Bayḍāwī (d. 685/1286)

Madārik al-Tanzīl — Abū al-Barakāt ʿAbd Allāh al-Nasafī (d. 710/1310)

Tafsīr al-Jalālayn — Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (d. 864/1459)/ Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505).

Tafsīr al-Biqāʿī — Burhān al-Dīn Ibrāhīm al-Biqāʿī (d. 885/1480)

Tafsīr Abū al-Suʿūd — Muḥammad b. Muṣṭafā Abū al-Suʿūd (d. 982/1574)

Tafsīr al-Maẓharī — Thanāʾ Allāh al-Maẓharī (d. 1225/1810)

Rūḥ al-Maʿānī — Maḥmūd Shukrī al-Ālūsī (d. 1270/1854)

Tafsīr al-Munīr — Wahbah al-Zuḥaylī (d. 1436/2015)

Ṣafwat al-Tafāsīr — Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Ṣābūnī (d. 1442/2021)

Mawsūʿat al-Tafsīr al-Maʾthūr

Second Phase of Project

A dedicated introduction to tafsīr

In the second phase of this project, we plan to compile a dedicated introduction to tafsīr. It will survey the history and development of tafsīr. It will cover its history and uṣūl, giving you a historical overview of the field of tafsīr.

Acknowledgement

We are grateful to the many individuals who contributed to the success of this project. Foremost among them is Mufti Husain Kadodia, who was the inspiration behind this project. We are forever grateful for his continuous guidance and valuable feedback throughout. May Allah reward him abundantly and make this project a means of benefit for students and seekers of knowledge.

Read the research

Published papers

Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī

Tafsīr Ibn Abī Ḥātim

Tafsīr al-Wāḥidī

Tafsīr al-Zamakhsharī

Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr

Tafsīr Ibn Juzayy

Tafsir Abū Ḥayyān

Tafsīr Ibn ʿĀshur

Tafsīr al-Khāzin

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al-Taysīr fī al-Tafsīr

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