The Exegesis of the Grand Holy Qur'an, 4 Vol's,
Hardback - 4 Volume Set, 3150 pages,
by Al-Hafidh ibn Kathir,
Translated by: Muhammed Mahdi al-Sharif,
Dar al Kotob al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Description :

Arabic Text of the Qur'an followed by English Translation and Commentary (Tafsir).

Tafsir al-Qur'an; more popularly known as Tafsir ibn Kathir is a classical Sunni Islam tafsir (commentary of the Qur'an) by Allama Ibn Kathir, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi.

It is considered to be a summary of the earlier tafsir by Tabari, Tafsir al-Tabari. It is thought to be one of the Most Comprehensive and Complete Explanation and Commentary of The Noble Qur'an currently available in languages other than Arabic

About the Author : 

Imaad ud-Din Isma'il Ibn 'Umar Ibn ibn Kathir, originally from Basra (Syria) – and raised in Damascus. He followed the Shafi'i school of thought. Ibn Kathir was born in the year 700 AH.  His father died when he was only four years old and was taken in by his brother and moved to Damascus in 706. Here, he learned from great scholars such as Ibn Asakir, Ishaq ibn Yahya al-Amudi. He also studied under various other sheikhs who gave him permission in fiqh and Hadith. He made many academic contributions to Islamic sciences.

The following are amongst his most prominent :Tafsir of the Qur’an,  Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah: a history of Muslims from Adam until Ibn Kathir’s time,  At-Takmeel: a book on the science of Asma al Rijal (profiles of transmitters of Hadith), Jami`ul Masaneed: a book that collects the Hadith from ten major books of Hadith.

Selection of works of Imam ibn Kathir.

Qur'an Index of categories.

More Qur'an English Translations,

Note: This set appears to be more complete than the abridged Darussalam (neo-salafi) English translation, it appears smaller solely because of the compact print. The full chain of narrations have not been translated and the Israelite tales & stories which Ibn Kathir, radi Allahu ta'ala anhu, does sometimes mention in the Arabic have also been excluded. Apart from the above it appears that the complete Tafsir of Ibn Kathir has been translated in these four compact Volumes.