List of tafsir

The following is a list of tafsir works. ''Tafsir'' is a body of commentary and explication, aimed at explaining the meanings of the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. Tafsir can broadly be categorized by its affiliated Islamic schools and branches and the era it was published, classic or modern.

Early tafsir

Arabic

* '' Tanwir al-Miqbas'' (''Tafsir Ibn Abbas'') falsely attributed to Abd Allah ibn Abbas (d. 68/687)
* ''Tafsir al-Kabir'' (''The Great Interpretation'') by Muqatil ibn Sulayman (80-150AH). The first full tafsir attributed to Muqatil ibn Sulayman ibn Bashiral-Balkhi.
* ''Ma’ani al-Qur’an'' (''The Meaning of The Qur’an'') by Abu Zakaria al-Farra (207AH).
* ''Tafsir Sufyan al-Thawri'' by Sufyan al-Thawri (161 AH/778 CE)
* ''Tafsir Mujahid ibn Jabr'' by Mujahid ibn Jabr
* ''Tafsir Al-Jalaleen with Margins of Anwar al-Harameen'' b
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English

Translation

* ''Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas: Great Commentaries of the Holy Qur'an'' translated by Mokrane Guezzou. Fons Vitae, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought

Sunni

Arabic

* ''Tafsir al-Thalabi'' by Al-Tha`labi (died 427 AH/1035 CE). Also known as ''al-Tafsir al-Kabir'' ('The Great Commentary').
* Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi, a student of Al-Tha`labi wrote four tafsir of the Qur’an:
# Asbab al-Nuzul al-Qur’an (The Causes of the Revelation of the Qur’an)
# Al-Wajiz Fi Tafsir al-Kitabi al-'Aziz (1/2 Volumes)
# Al-Wasit Fi Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Majid (4 Volumes)
# Al-Basit (16/24 Volumes)
* ''Tafsir al-Tabari'' (Jami'al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil ay al-Qur'an') by Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir Ibn Yazid Al-Tabari (224—310 AH; 839—923 CE). Available online.
* ''Tafsir Ibn al-Mundhir'' by Ibn al-Mundhir (318 AH)
* ''Tafsir Al-Musnad (Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim)'' by Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi ''(327 AH)''
* ''Tafsir al Samarqandi'' by Abu al-Laith al-Samaraqandi
* ''Ta'wilat Ahl al-Sunnah'' by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333 AH/944 CE) — the author was a Sunni Hanafi jurist, theologian, and scriptural exegete from ninth-century Samarkand who became the eponymous codifier of one of the two principal orthodox schools of Sunni theology, the Maturidi school,Madelung, W., «al-Māturīdī», in: ''Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition'', Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. which became the dominant theological school for Sunni Muslims in Central Asia and later enjoyed a preeminent status as the school of choice for both the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire.
* ''An-Nukat wa al-'Uyun'' by Al-Mawardi (d. 450/1058) — the author was an Islamic jurist of the Shafi'i school.
* '' Ma'alim al-Tanzil'' (Outline of the Revelation) by Al-Baghawi (died 510 AH/1116 CE) also known widely as ''Tafsir al-Baghawi'' — A popular tafsir amongst Sunni Muslims, it relies heavily on the Tafsir of al-Tha’labi, whilst placing more emphasis on hadith.
* '' Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz'' (The Concise Record), commonly known as ''Tafsir ibn 'Atiyyah'' after its author, Ibn Atiyyah (d. 541 or 546AH), a Maliki judge from al-Andalus. This Qur’anic commentary is popular in North Africa.
* ''Zad al-Masir Fi Ilm al-Tafsir'' by the Hanbali Ash'ari polymath Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597AH).
* '' Mafatih al-Ghayb'' (The Keys to Unseen) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149—1209 CE/606 AH) also known as Tafsir al-Kabir (The Great Exegesis)
* ''Tafsir al-Qur’an Al-'Azim'' by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
* ''Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil'' by Al-Baydawi (d. 685 AH/1286 CE), also famous as ''Tafsir al-Baydawi'' — a shortened version of ''Al-Kashshaf'', with Mu’tazili references altered; printed in two volumes. In Turkey it is often published with marginal notes by a Turkish scholar called 'al-Qunawi' in seven volumes.
* ''Madarik al-Tanzil wa Haqa'iq al-Ta'wil'' by Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi (d. 710)
* ''Tafsir ibn Kathir'' (''Tafsir al-Quran al-Azi''m) by Ibn Kathir (1301—1373 CE/ 774 AH). A summary of the earlier interpretation by al-Tabari. Available online. It has been summarized as Mukhtasar Tafsir Ibn Kathir in 3 volumes by Muhammad 'Ali As-Sabuni.
* ''Lubab al-Ta'wil Fi Ma'ani at-Tanzil ''by Ala al-Din al-Khazin (d. 741)'', ''which is an abridgement of Ma’alimal-Tanzil'' by'' Hasan been Mas’ud al-Baghawi.
* ''Futuhal-Ghawyb Fi Kashfi 'an Qina'i-r-Rawyb (Sharh 'ala Al-Kashshaf)'' by Shaeawfal-Din al-Husain Ibn 'Abdullahi-tt-Twibi (743 AH)
* ''Al-Bahr al-Muhit'' by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati (d. 745 AH/1344 CE) is a linguistic commentary on the Qur’an primarily from the standpoint of Arabic grammar and rhetoric.
* ''Bada'i' al-Tafsir and At-Tibbyanu Fi Aymani al-Qur'an'' by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH/1350 CE)
* ''At-Tahsil li-'Ulumi al-Tanzil'' by Ibn Juzayy (758 AH/1357 CE)
* ''Nazm al-Durar fi Tanasub al-Ayi wa al-Suwar'' (''Tafsir al-Biqa'i'') by Burhanuddin Ibrahim bin Umar al-Biqa'i
* Jalaluddin al-Suyuti completed:
# ''Tafsir al-Jalalayn'' (The Commentary of the Two Jalals) by Jalaluddin al-Mahalli (in 1459), and was subsequently completed, in the same style, by his student, the famous Shafi'i scholar Al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH/1505 CE), who completed it in 1505. This commentary is very popular with Muslims all over the world due to its simplicity. It has also been translated completely by Feras Hamza. Louisville.
# ''Dur al-Manthur'' ('The Threaded Pearl Concerning Commentary Based on Traditions'), also by Al-Suyuti. This commentary, in Arabic, concentrates on the narratives that have been transmitted relating to each verse and subject in the Qur’an. It has been published in six volumes.
* ''Hashiyat al-Sawi 'ala Tafsir al-Jalalayn'' by Ahmad bin Muhammad as-Sawi al-Maliki
* ''Fath al-Rahman Fi Tafsir al-Qur'an'' by Mujir al-Din (d. 927 AH) - the exegete was a Palestinian judge, historian and Hanbali jurist from Jerusalem. Not to be confused with the Persian translation and commentary written by the Muhaddith Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.
* ''Irshad al-'Aql as-Salim ila Mazaya al-Qur’an al-Karim'' by Ebussuud Efendi (d.951 AH/1505 CE). Also known as ''Tafsir Abi Sa’ud''.
* ''Al-Sirawju al-Munir'' by Al-Khatib al-Shirbini .
* ''Anwar al-Qur'an wa Asrar al-Furqan'' by Ali al-Qari, 1004AH, 5 Volumes, published by Daral-Kutub Ilmiyah, Beirut, Lebanon.

Legal Tafsir
* ''Ahkam al-Qur’an'' ('The Commands of the Quran') by Al-Jaṣṣās (d. 370 AH/981 CE). Based on the legal rulings of the Hanafi school of Islamic law. This was published in three volumes and remains popular amongst the Hanafis of India, the Middle East and Turkey.
* ''Ahkam al-Qur’an'' by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (d.543 AH/1148 CE). The author is also known as 'Qadi ibn al-Arabi' (ibn Arabi, the judge) to distinguish him from the famous Sufi Ibn Arabi. He was a jurist from Andalusia ( Muslim Spain) His interpretation has been published in three volumes and contains commentary on the legal rulings of the Qur’an according to the Maliki school.
* '' Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur’an'' (The collection of Qur’anic Injunctions) by Al-Qurtubi (1214—1273 CE/671 AH), the famous Maliki Ash'ari jurist of Cordoba, in Andalusia. This 10-volume tafsir is a commentary on the Qur’anic verses dealing with legal issues. Although the author was a Maliki, he also presents the legal opinions of other major schools of Islamic jurisprudence; thus it is popular with jurists from all of the schools of Islamic law. One volume of this tafsir has been translated into English by Aisha Bewley. Available online.
* ''Nukat al-Qur’an al-Dallah ala al-Bayan'' by Al-Qassab (d. 360AH/970CE)Hussein Abdul-Raof, ''Theological Approaches to Qur’anic Exegesis: A Practical Comparative-Contrastive Analysis'', pg. 282. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2012. a commentary primarily from the viewpoint of applied Islamic law.

Partial and Unfinished Tafsir
* ''Ma'ani Al-Qur'an al-Karim'' (unfinished) by Abu Jaʿfar an-Nahhas (d. 338 AH/949 CE) - It contains tafsir from Surah Al-Fatihah to Surah Al-Fath. It has been edited and annotated by Muhammad 'Ali As-Sabina.
* ''Al-Bustanu Fi I'rawbi Mushkilati al-Qur'an'' (unfinished) by Ahmad Ibn Ahnaf Abi Bakr Al-Yamani Ibn 'Umar Al-Hanbali (717 AH).
* ''Rawa'i' al-Tafsir'' by Ibn Rajab (795 AH)
* ''Tafsir Ibn 'Arawfah'' (unfinished) by Ibn Arafa (d. 800/803 AH/ 1400 CE)
* ''Tafsir Ibn Kamal Basha'' (unfinished) by Ibn Kemal (d. 940 AH/1536 CE)
* ''At-Tafsirat al-Ahmadiyyah Fi Bayani al-ayati-sh-Shar'iyyah'' by Mulla Ahmad Jiwan (d. 1130 AH / 1718 CE). This is the Hanafi tafsir of only those ayat which are concerned with matters of Fiqh.
* ''Mushkilat al-Qur’an'' by Anwar Shah Kashmiri, edited with references and one of the introductions by Ahmad Bijnuri, and another introduction by the author's favourite student Muhammad Yusuf Banori. The book predominantly in Arabic but passages in Persian also appear throughout the work. The main objective for undertaking to write this work was to interpret only those verses of the Qur’an which are generally considered to be difficult to understand. A special feature of this particular work is that the author has, in addition, set aside 190 verses that, in his opinion, required further discussion and repeated consideration. Published posthumously in Maligaon, Surat, Gujrat, India, by Majlis al-'Ilmi in 1974.

Modern
* ''Hashiyah ala Tafsir al-Qadi al-Baydawi by Ibn 'Abidin (d. 1252 AH/1836 CE)''
* ''Tafsir Ash-Sharawi'' by Muhammad Metwali Alsharawi (1911—1998), a famous Egyptian scholar.
* ''Al-tafsir al-waset'' by Muhammad Tantawy (28 October 1928 — 10 March 2010), Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
* '' Fi Zilal al-Quran'' ('In the Shade of the Quran') by Sayyid Qutb (1906—1966)
* Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni completed:
# ''Sawfwat al-Tafasir''
# ''At-Tafsir al-Wadwih al-Muyassar''
# ''Rawa'i' al-Bayan Tafsir ayati al-Ahkam mina al-Qur'an''
* ''Minhat Al-Jalil Fi Bayan ma Fi Ma’alimal-Tanzil'' by Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani (d. 1928)
* ''Tafsir al-Qur'an bi-Kalamal-Rahman'' by Sanaullah Amritsari
* ''Ruh al-Ma'ani'' (''The Spirit of Meanings on the Exegesis of the Sublime Qur’an'') by Mahmud al-Alusi (d.1270 AH/1854 CE)
* ''Mawahib al-Rahman Fi Tafsir al-Qur'an'' by Abdul Karim Mudarris (1980 CE) - the mufti of Iraq and a Shafi'i jurist
* ''Al-Anwaral-Muttaqin (Asayyid al-Tafasir)'' - This is the combination of five Tafsirs by six Ash'ari scholars Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Shams/Shahabal-din AhmadIbn Khawlil Al-Khauli/Khau'i Ad-Dimashqi/Najjmal-Din Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abal-Hazm Al-Makhzumi Al-Qawmuli Al-Missri, Al-Qurtubi, Ibn Kathir, Ebussuud Efendi, and Mahmud al-Alusi, edited by Anwar Shah Kashmiri, Muhammad Yusuf Banori, and Muhammad Taqi Usmani
* ''Aysar al-Tafasir li Kalami al-'Aliyyi al-Kabir'' by Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri
* ''al-Iklil ʻala Madarik al-tanzil wa-ḥaqaʼiq al-taʼwil lil-Imam al-Nasafi'' by Muhammad Abdul Haq bin Shah al-Hindi al-Hanafi (d. 1915 AD) - A commentary of An-Nasafi's Tafsir, with elements of''Tafsir al-Baydawi by al-Baydawi and'' '' Tafsir Al-Kashshaf by'' Al-Zamakhshari, which is famous for its linguistic analysis, some of which al-Baydawi and then an-Nasafi amended and some omitted.
* ''Nahw tafsir mawdu`i li-suwar al-Qur'an al-Karim'' by Muhammad al-Ghazali
* ''Tafsir Al-Nabulsi'' by Mohammed Rateb al-Nabulsi
* ''Al-Mo'jamul Mufahras Li Alfadh Al-Qur'an Al-Kareem'' by Mohammad Fuad Abdul Baqi
* ''al-Tafsir al-Bayan lil Quran al-Karim'' by Aisha Abd al-Rahman
* ''Nazarat fi Kitab Allah'' by Zaynab al-Ghazali
* ''Al-Mubasir al-Nur al-Quran'' by Nayla Hashem Sabri
* ''Taysir al-Tafsir'' by Fawkiya Ibrahim al-Shirbini

Pashto

* ''Tafsir Ahsan Al Kalam'' by Abu Zakariya Rustami, Darussalam Publications

Persian

Translations
* ''Tafsir-e-Tabari'': a 10th-century translation of the Tafsir al-Tabari in Persian.
* ''Tafsir-e-Nasafi'': an 11th-century translation and tafsir by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi.

Original
* ''Mawaheb-e-'Aliyya (Tafsir al-Husaini)'': by Husayn Kashifi
* ''Mushkilat al-Qur’an'' by Anwar Shah Kashmiri, edited with references and one of the introductions by Ahmad Bijnuri, and another introduction by the author's favourite student Muhammad Yusuf Banori. This partial commentary is predominantly in Arabic but passages in the Persian language also appears throughout the work. The main objective for undertaking to write this work was to interpret only those verses of the Holy Qur’an which are generally considered to be difficult to understand. A special feature of this particular work is that the author has, in addition, set aside 190 verses that, in his opinion, required further discussion and repeated consideration. Published posthumously in Maligaon, Surat, Gujrat, India, by Majlis al-'Ilmi in 1974.

Kurdish

* ''Nami Tafsir'' by Abdul Karim Mudarris (1980 CE) - the mufti and Shafi'i jurist of Iraq

Urdu

Translations
*''Dur al-Manthur'' by the famous Shafi'i scholar Al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH/1505 CE).
* Tafsir Khaza'in-al-Irfan by Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi
*''Tarjumat al-Qur'an'' by Rafiuddin Deobandi
*''Tafsir Al-Hawi -Taqrir-e- Anwar al-Tanzil'' by Fakhral-Hasan Deobandi
* ''Fadl-e-Rahmani'' by Anzar Shah Kashmiri
*''Tafsir Ibn Kathir'' by Ibn Kathir
*''Tafsir al-Jalalayn'' by Jalaluddin al-Mahalli (in 1459), and was subsequently completed, in the same style, by his student, the famous Shafi'i scholar Al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH/1505 CE), translated by Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani

Original
* '' Bayan Ul Quran'' by Ashraf Ali Thanwi
* ''Dhakhirat al-Janan Fi Fahmi al-Qur’an'' by Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar
*''Jamalayn Fi Sharh Tafsir al-Jalalayn'' by Muhammad Jamal Bulandshahri Deobandi
*''Kamalayn Sharh Tafsir al-Jalalayn'' by Muhammad Na'im Deobandi
*''Fath al-Mannan'' also known as "Tafsir-e-Haqqani" by Abu Muhammad 'Abdal-Haqq Haqani
* ''Ashraf al-Tafasir'' compiled by Muhammad Taqi Usmani from the Mawa'iz-e-Ashrafiyah of Ashraf Ali Thanvi
* ''Khulasawt al-Bayan'' by Muhammad 'Isa Allahabadi
* '' Ma'ariful Quran'' by Muhammad Shafi
* ''Ma'ariful Quran'' by Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
* '' Tafseer-e-Majidi'' by Abdul Majid Daryabadi
* '' Anwarul Bayan'' by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri
* ''Anwaral-Qur'an'' by Abal-Kalam Ma'sum
* Ubaidullah Sindhi wrote
# ''Tafsir-e-Quran''
# ''Tafsir-e-Mehmud''
* '' Tafsir-e-Usmani'' by Mahmud al-Hasan and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
* ''Tafsir-e-Basirat-e-Qur'an'' by Muhammad Asif Qasmi
* '' Hidayatal-Qur'an'' by 'Uthman Kashifal-Hashmi Rajupuri and Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri
* '' Tauzihal-Qur'an (asan Tarjumah-e-Qur'an)'' by Muhammad Taqi Usmani
* ''Guldastah-e-Tafsir'' by 'Abdul-Qayyum Muhajir Madni
* ''Ruhal-Qur'an'' by Muhammad Na'im
* ''Khazain ul Irfan'' by Naim-ud-Din Muradabadi
* ''Tadabbur-i-Quran'' by Amin Ahsan Islahi
* ''Ma’alimal-'Irfan Fi Durusi al-Qur’an'' by 'Abdul Hamid-Khan Sawati
* '' Tafhim al-Quran'' by Abul A'la Maududi
*
Sirat ul-Jinan fi Tafsir il-Quran
' (Way to heaven) by Qasim Al-Qadri
* ''Bayan al-Qur'an'' by Israr Ahmad
* ''Zikrul-Lil-alamin'' by Jalaluddin Qasmi
Partial and Unfinished Tafsir
* ''Ahkam Al-Qur’an'' (5 Volumes) by Muhammad Ashraf Ali Thanwi, ' Zafar Ahmad Usmani, Jamil Ahmad Thanawi, Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi, and Muhammad Shafi Uthmani, with introduction by Muhammad Taqi Usmani - the 2nd and the 4th Manzil is left to be written.
* '' Tarjuman al-Quran'' by ''Abul Kalam Azad
* ''Ma'alimal-Qur'an'' by Muhammad 'Ali As-Swiddiqi Kandhlawi

Bengali

Original
* ''Qur'an Bangla Anubad (কুরআন বাংলা অনুবাদ),'' by Dr. Zohurul Hoque (1986)
Available online
* ''Tafsir Zakaria'' by Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. Available online.
* ''Tafsir-e-Haqqani'') by Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (completed but not fully published yet) - only the first and last Juz' were published but the author completed the manuscript of the Tafsir in approximately 16000 pages and urged his students to publish it but no one has taken up the task of the continuation of the publication yet).
* ''Nural-Qur'an by Muhammad Aminal-Islam'' (30 volumes) (1981-1998)
* ''Tafsir al-Quran'' by Delwar Hossain Sayidi

Translations
* ''Ahkam al-Qur’an ('The Commands of the Quran')'' by Al-Jaṣṣās
* ''Tafsir Ibn Kathir'' translated by Akhtar Faruq.
* ''Tafsir Ibn Kathir'' translated by Mujibur-Rahman
* ''Tafsir al-Jalalayn'' with its Urdu
* ''Tafsir-e-Usmani'' by Mahmud al-Hasan Deobandi and ' Shabir Ahmad Usmani
* ''Tafsir-e-Majidi'' by Abdul Majid Daryabadi
* '' Ma'ariful Quran'' by Muhammad Shafi Usmani. Translated from Urdu to Bengali by Muhiuddin Khan. Fully available online.
* ''Anwar al-Qur'an'' by Abal-Kalam Ma'sum, translated by Muhammad Mustawfa
* ''Tauzih al-Qur'an'' by Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Introduction by the author's student, Muhammad Abdul Malek) translated by Abal-Bashar Muhammad Saifal-Islam.
* Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Masihuzzaman Falahi Nadvi, Lar, Deoria Uttar Pradesh
* '' Tafhim ul Quran'' by Abul A'la Maududi. Translated from Urdu

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