''Tafsir Zia ul Quran'' is a Quranic exegesis (''

tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

'') written by

Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1 July 1918 – 7 April 1998) was an Islamic scholar of Hanafi jurisprudence, Sufi, and Muslim leader. He is known for his magnum opus,'' Tafsir Zia ul Quran fi Tafsir ul Quran,'' meaning “The light of the ...

(1918–1998). He was a Sunni scholar specialized in the

Hanafi The Hanafi school ( ar, حَنَفِية, translit=Ḥanafiyah; also called Hanafite in English), Hanafism, or the Hanafi fiqh, is the oldest and one of the four traditional major Sunni schools ( maddhab) of Islamic Law (Fiqh). It is named aft ...

fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

. He also belonged to the Chishti

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

order. The tafsir has been published in 5 volumes.http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/uocc/PDF-FILES/(1)%20Dia%20al%20Quran%20(Dr.%20Muhammad%20Sultan%20Shah).pdf

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Mostly the names of Islamic texts are kept in

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, even if the text is in a non Arabic language. Following this

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named his book, which is also considered as his magnum opus as ''Diya ul Quran fi Tafsir ul Quran'' meaning “The light of the Quran in the Exegesis of the Quran”, commonly referred to as ''Diya ul Quran or Zia ul Quran''.

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This book won the hearts of the scholars as well as the masses for its simple yet complete tone making it easy to understand for the public. In this tafsir he heavily quoted the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

itself as well as the authentic Ahadith. He also mentioned the lexigraphic, morphologic and the grammatical points whilst also quoting relevant historical narratives pertaining to

asbab al-nuzul Occasions or circumstances of revelation ( ''al-nuzūl'', ) names the historical context in which Quranic verses were revealed from the perspective of traditional Islam. Though of some use in reconstructing the Qur'an's historicity, ''asbāb'' is ...

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This book was compiled in the author's life. It was later recompiled and published in five volumes by a newly founded publishing house name after the tafsir—The Zia Ul Quran Publishers.

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Quran Tafseer
{{Tafsir Quranic exegesis Quran translations Barelvi literature Zia ul Quran Zia ul Quran

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