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Encyclopedia > Tafsir ibn Kathir

Tafsir ibn Kathir is a classic Sunni Islam tafsir (commentary of the Qur'an) by Ibn Kathir. It is considered to be a summary of the earlier tafsir by Tabari, Tafsir al-Tabari. It is especially popular because it uses 'hadith' to explain each verse and chapter of the Qur'an. Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... A tafsir ( (Arabic: تفسير )tafsÄ«r, also transliterated tafseer, Arabic explanation) is Quranic exegesis or commentary. ... This article discusses textual hermeneutics. ... The , (Arabic: recitation, also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Alcoran, Turkish Kuran), is the central text of Islam. ... Ibn Kathir (Arabic : بن كثير ) was an Islamic scholar born in Busra, Syria in 1301 CE. He was taught by the Islamic scholar Ibn Taymiyya in Damascus, Syria. ... Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari (Arabic الطبري, AD 838-AD 923), was an author from Persia. ... 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 Ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ... Hadith (Arabic: hadÄ«th, Arabic pl. ...


External link

  • http://www.tafsir.com/

It is an explanation of the Quran and gives meaning and clear interpretaion of its meanings.


A very authentic and reliable source of Tafsir See also Jalalain Shareef


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Ibn Kathir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (304 words)
Ibn Kathir (Arabic : ابن كثير) was an Islamic scholar born in Busra, Syria in 1301.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir is famous all over the Islamic world and among Muslims in the Western world, and is one of the most widely used explanations of the Qu'ran today.
Ibn Kathir is known as a qadi, a master scholar of Hadith, and a mufassir or Qur'an commentator.
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