Tafsir al Jalalayn : (
Arabic),
Hardback - 635 pages,
Compiled by al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti.
Among the most popular commentaries of the Qur'an, first composed by Imam Jalal al-Din Mahalli and completed by his student 'Allamah Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,
May Allah be pleased with them.
This wonderful 2-colour edition also includes
Asbab al-Nuzul by Imam al-Suyuti and his treatise
Mufhamat al-Aqran fi Mubhamat al-Qur'an.
Tafsir Al-Jalalayn is one of the most significant
tafsirs, or commentaries, for the study of the Quran. Composed by two "
Jalals"- Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. 1459CE) and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 1505CE), Tafsir Al-Jalalayn is generally regarded as one of the most easily accessible works of Qur'anic exegesis beacause of its simple style and one volume length.
This Qur'anic commentary is one of the most popular Tafasir in the Islamic world, perhaps even THE most popular Tafsir. Copies of it are available in almost every bookshop and library in the Arab and Muslim world. It is by far the shortest and easiest to understand.
Consequently, it is invariably read as an introduction to Classical
Tafsirs by millions of students and adults who never go further into the subject. It is thus an immensely successful and influential work not just as the classic introduction to
Tafsir, but also as the standard reference work for the language of Qur'an.
Jalalu’d-din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli (791-864/1389-1459) of Cairo was a versatile, scholar who excelled in jurisprudence, theology, grammar, rhetoric, and Qur’anic commentary. He was known for his scrupulousness, fear of Allah, and fearlessness in upholding the truth. Al-Mahalli was offered the highest judicial positions but refused them. He taught jurisprudence in the
Mu’ayyadiyya and
Barquqiyya madrasahs. Abstinent and ascetic, he lived on what he earned by trade. His most famous work is his Qur’anic commentary, Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which he began halfway through the text with
Surat al-Kahf, ending with
an-Nas and
al-Fatiha. Although he died before he could start the other half, the work was completed by his student, Jalalu’d-Din as-Suyuti. Al-Mahalli’s other books include commentaries on
Jam’ al-Jawami’,
al-Burda,
al-Manahij fi’l-fiqh,
al-Waraqat fi’l-usul,
Kitab al Jihad.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Sabiq al-Din, Jalal al-Din al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari, also known as Ibn al-Asyuti 849-911AH /1445-1505), the
mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century, foremost hadith master, encyclopedist, historian, and biographer and probably one of the most prolific of all Islamic writers. There are an enormous number of his essays and treatises preserved today. A number of his writings concerned scientific topics or issues related to natural science and food and regimen, amongst other things From
Asyut in Egypt,he was among the most renowned and prolific Muslim scholars of all time. He wrote more than 300 books, covering every aspect of the Islamic sciences. He memorised the Qur’an at the age of ‘eight, and then went on to study with more than 150 scholars. He travelled extensively in his quest for knowledge — to Damascus, Hijaz, Yemen, India, Morocco, and the lands south of Morocco, as well as in Egypt. Al-Suyuti devoted his life to learning, teaching and writing. He was noble, abstinent and self-sufficient, distancing himself from people of rank and power and living on what he earned by teaching. Major writings of al-Suyuti that remain widely used today include
al-Itqan, on the Qur’anic sciences; and Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which he completed when only 22.
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