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Encyclopedia > Holy Quran (puya)

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Qur'anic exegesis


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Sunni:
Image File history File links Mosque02. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...

  • Tafsir ibn Kathir — 1301-1373
  • Tafsir al-Qurtubi — d. 1273
  • Tafsir al-Tabari — 838–923
  • Tafsir al-Jalalayn — 1464-1526

Shi'a: Tafsir ibn Kathir is a classic Sunni Islam tafsir (commentary of the Quran) by Ibn Kathir. ... Tafsir al-Qurtubi is a famous Quran exegesis (Arabic: tafsir) by the famous classical Sunni scholar Al-Qurtubi. ... The commentary on the Quran (Arabic:Al-musammá Jami‘ al-bayan fi ta’wil al-Qur’an), popularly Tafsir al-Tabari is a classic Sunni tafsir by Tabari. ... Tafsir al-Jalalayn (Tafsir of the twin Jalals) is a classical Sunni tafsir of the Quran, composed first by Jalal ad-Din al-Mahalli and then completed by his student Jalal ad-Din as-Suyuti, thus its name. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ...

  • Tafsir al-Mizan — 1892-1981
Sunni tafsir
  • Tanwir al-Miqbas —  ?
  • Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer —  ?
  • Tafsir al-Baghawi — 1116
  • Tafsir of Fakhr al-Din — 1149–1209
  • Dur al-Manthur — 1464-1526
  • Fi zilal al-Qur'an — 1954
  • Tafhim al-Qur'an — 1903-1979
  • Tadabbur-i-Qur’an — 1904–1997
Shi'a tafsir
  • Holy Quran (puya) — ?
  • Majma al-Bayan — d. 1153
  • Nuur al-Thaqalayn — ?
  • al-Safi — 1598 or 9-1680 or 81
Mu'tazili tafsir
  • — ?-1258
  • Al-Kashaf — ?
Terms
*Asbab al-nuzul

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Qur'an translations
Al-Mizan fi tafsiril-Quran, popularly known as Tafsir al-Mizan, is a very famous and volumnous tafsir or exegesis of the Quran written by the eminent Shia scholar Allameh Tabatabaei. ... Tanwir al-Miqbas is one of the most prominent Sunni Tafsir, sometimes attributed to Abd-Allah ibn Abbas and hence called Tafsir Ibn Abbas. [edit] External links introduction and text on altafsir. ... Al-Mujam al-Kabeer is a known exegesis on the Quran (Arabic: tafsir), writen by Sunni Islamic scholar al-Tabarani External links http://fadakbooks. ... Tafsir al-Baghawi (Arabic: ‎ ), also known as Maalim at-Tanzeel is a classical Sunni tafsir (Quranic exegesis) by Hasan bin Masood al-Baghawi, written as an abridgement of Tafsir al-Thalabi. ... For other uses, see Tafsir al-Kabir. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... In the Shade of the Quran (Arabic: فی ظِلالِ القران ) is a highly influential commentary on Islams holy book, the Quran, written by the Egyptian Islamic philosopher and leader, Sayyid Qutb, while imprisoned following an attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1954. ... The Meaning of the Quran (Arabic: Tafhim al-Quran) is a book in six volumes written by the Sunni Islamic scholar Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi (1903-1979). ... Tadabbur-i-Qur’an is a tafsir (exegeses) of the Quran by Amin Ahsan Islahi based on the concept of thematic and structural coherence, which was originally inspired by Allama Hamiduddin Farahi. ... [edit] Name Al-Kashshaf an Haqaiq at-Tanzil, The Discoverer of Revealed Truths” [edit] See also List of Sunni books Category: ... Asbāb al-nuzūl, an Arabic term meaning occasions of revelation, is a a secondary genre of Qurānic exegesis (tafsir) directed at establishing the context in which specific verses of the Qurān were revealed. ... Translations of the Qurán are versions of the holy book of Islam in languages other than Arabic. ...


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Shi'a translations by
  • Mir Ahmed Ali — ?
Non-Muslim translations by

Holy Quran is the name of a well known Shi'a twelver tafsir, authored by Mahdi Puya. Image File history File links Mosque02. ... The Noble Quran is a tranlation of the Quran by contemporary Saudi Sunni Salafi Islamic scholar Muhammad Muhsin Khan [1], most notable for his english translation of Sahih Bukhari. ... Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete (English: Law of Muhammad the pseudo-prophet) was the translation of the Quran into Latin by Robert of Ketton. ... The Koran is a name of a translation of the Quran written by John Medows Rodwell. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... Twelvers or the Ithna Asharia are members of the group of Shias who believe in twelve Imams. ... A tafsir ( (Arabic: تفسير )tafsÄ«r, also transliterated tafseer, Arabic explanation) is Quranic exegesis or commentary. ... Ayatullah Agha Haji Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi (1317-1393/1899-1973) was a Twelver Shia Muslim and a Islamic scholar, most notable for his famous tafsir of the Quran. ...


The work is one of the tafsirs offered at al-Islam.org [1] Al-Islam. ...


Editions

One edition is printed in Iran. The book has been translated into English by Ahmed Ali.[2] Ahmed Ali was a Pakistani novelist, diplomat and scholar. ...


In the words of Dr. F. E. Peters of New York University: "Ahmed Ali's work is clear, direct, and elegant - a combination of stylistic virtues almost never found in translations of the Qur'an. His is the best I have read." F.E. Peters is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, History, and Religion at New York University. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...


See also

// Hadith collections The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — ? by ? Nahj al-Balagha — ? by ? Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s by Allama Majlesi Usul al-Kafi — ? by ? Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 by ? Shahr Usul al-Kafi — ? by ? Furu al-Kafi — ? by ? Tafsir Tafsir al-Mizan — ? by Allameh Tabatabaei History books Restatement of...

References

  1. ^ http://www.al-islam.org/quran/
  2. ^ http://winbookshop.com/allproductdetails.asp?cpd=7


 

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