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Tafsīr (Qurʾānic Exegesis)

The discipline of explaining the Qurʾān's meaning, often through transmitted reports, grammar, and context.

The discipline of explaining the Qurʾān's meaning, often through transmitted reports, grammar, and context.

How it traveled

  1. Lataif Isharat
    Baghdad · 1072
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  2. Mafatih Asrar
    Mecca · 1153
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  3. Majmuc Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
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  4. Jawab Fi Hilf
    Harran · 1328
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  5. Jamic Masail
    Harran · 1328
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  6. Daqaiq Tafsir
    Harran · 1328
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  7. Akeidat Yitzchak
    Tarragona · 1490
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Key passages(20)

REF ref-abul-ala-mawdudi-towards-understanding-the-qur-an-tafhim-al-qur-an-english

Towards Understanding the Qur'an (Tafhim al-Qur'an, English) · Abul A'la Mawdudi

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REF ref-ahmad-raza-khan-kanz-al-iman-the-treasure-of-faith-qur-an-translation

Kanz al-Iman (The Treasure of Faith): Qur'an Translation · Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi

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REF ref-muhammad-husayn-tabatabai-the-qur-an-in-islam-its-impact-and-influence-on-the-life-of-

The Qur'an in Islam: Its Impact and Influence on the Life of Muslims · Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i

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Aclam Muwaqqicin 3510↗explains

Aclam Muwaqqicin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Ahkam Ahl Dhimma 2363↗explains

Ahkam Ahl Dhimma · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Amthal Fi Quran 75↗explains

Amthal Fi Quran · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya 5202↗explains

Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

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Futuhat Makkiyya 2036↗applies

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

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Hadi Arwah 61↗applies

Hadi Arwah · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Ihya Culum Din 3160↗explains

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

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Mafatih Asrar 1896↗explains

Mafatih Asrar · al-Shahrastani

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Mafatih Ghayb 1021↗explains

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Majmuc Fatawa 19430↗explains

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Muqaddima Fi Usul Tafsir 115↗explains

Muqaddima Fi Usul Tafsir · Ibn Taymiyya

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Qut Qulub 66↗explains

Qut Qulub · Abu Talib al-Makki

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Tafsir Quran 16713↗applies

Tafsir Quran · Ibn Kathir

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Tanzih Quran 728↗applies

Tanzih Quran · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

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Minhaj Sunna 12711↗challenges

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

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Akeidat Yitzchak.7 1:5↗applies

Akeidat Yitzchak · Yitzchak Aramah · 1455 CE

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לכן אנשי לבב עם תורת יי' בלבם בראותם או בשמעם פירוש איזה פסוק או פרשה על דרך החקוי והצורה בו יוציא המפרש ממנה תועלת מושכל מאיזה עיון שהיה בה נסתר ונעלם. ישמרו להם פן יעלה על לבם דבר בליעל לשום שום ספק

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Badaic Fawaid 4533↗explains

Badaic Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Tafsīr (Qurʾānic Exegesis). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.