Tabari's Qur'an Commentary, Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an, 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: Tabari's introduction; The Opening; the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 and 284-286); The Family of Imran (3:7 and 18); Repentance (9:38-40 and 128-129); the story of Moses and al-Khadir from The Cave (18:60-82); the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35-42); Prostration; Ya' Sin.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Translator's Introduction
Tabari's Introduction
The Opening: Surat al-Fatiha (1:2–7)
The Cow: Surat al-Baqara (2:255)
The Cow: Surat al-Baqara (2:284–286)
The Family of 'Imran: Surat Al 'Imran (3:7)
The Family of 'Imran: Surat Al 'Imran (3:18)
Repentance: Surat al-Tawba (9:38–40)
Repentance: Surat al-Tawba (9:128–129)
The Cave: Surat al-Kahf (18:60–82)
The Light: Surat al-Nur (24:35–42)
Prostration: Surat al-Sajda (32:1–30)
Ya' Sin: Surat Ya' Sin (36:1–83)
The Companies: Surat al-Zumar (39:53–55)
Appendix A: The Disconnected Letters (al-Muqatta'at)
Appendix B: Tabari's Teachers
Appendix C: Tabari's Qur'an Interpreters
Appendix D: Tabari's Poets
Appendix E: References to Arabic Passages of Tafsir al-Tabari
Bibliography
General Index
