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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.

According to American scholar Samuel Ross, there are 2,700 Qur’an commentaries extant in manuscript form, and 300 commentaries have been published. Considering that around 96% of the Arabic-language manuscripts remain unstudied, Ross argues that "by extrapolation there may be thousands of additional commentaries still waiting to be discovered."[1]

Early tafsir

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Arabic

  • Tanwir al-Miqbas (Tafsir Ibn Abbas) attributed to Abd Allah ibn Abbas (d. 68/687) although there is a dispute about its authenticity (as stated by Islamic Scholars)
  • Tafsir al-Kabir (The Great Interpretation) by Muqatil ibn Sulayman (80-150AH). The first full tafsir attributed to Muqatil ibn Sulayman ibn Bashiral-Balkhi.ibn sulayman, muqatel (2021). الوجوه والنظائر في القرآن الكريم. Beirut: دار الكتب العلمية. p. 400. ISBN 2745198246.[2]
  • Tafsir Ibn Jurayj by Ibn Jurayj (80-150 AH). Published for the first time in 2020, after a manuscript of the work was discovered.

English

Original work

  • "The Message of the Qur’ān" by Muhammad Asad ( Leopold Weis) 1940.[3]
  • "The Meaning of the Glorious Quran" by Marmaduke Pickthall 1929 [4]
  • "The Koran : Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed-with large commentary, by George Sale.[5]
  • "Quran to English" by Arab born American Talal Itani.[6]

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.
  • "The Meaning of the Glorious Quran" by Marmaduke Pickthall 1929 [7]
  • "The Koran: Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed, by George Sale[8]

Sunni

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Arabic

  • "tafseer al- - Qurtubi, by al Qurtubi.[10]

al- Qurtubi, Muhammad al- ansari (1964). تفسير القرطبي، الجامع لأحكام القرآن, tafseer al- Qurtubi. Cairo: دار الكتب المصرية. ISBN 978-9953270203. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

  • "tafseer e saadi تفسير السعدي : تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير القرآن" by al-Sa'adi isbn 1114308224.[11]
  • "Tafseer al-Tha'labi" by al-Tha'labi.[12]
  • Tafsir Muqatel by Muqatil ibn Sulayman (80-150AH). The first full tafsir attributed to Muqatil ibn Sulayman ibn Bashir al-Balkhi.ibn Sulayman, Muqatel (2021). الوجوه والنظائر في القرآن الكريم. Beirut: دار الكتب العلمية. p. 400. ISBN 2745198246.[13]
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  • 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.
  • Al-Wahidi's three exegetical works:
  1. Tafsir al-Wajiz (2 Volumes)
  2. Tafsir al-Wasit (4 Volumes)
  3. Tafsir al-Basit (25 Volumes)

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.[18]
  • Nukat al-Qur’an al-Dallah ala al-Bayan by Al-Qassab (d. 360AH/970CE)[19][20] 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.[citation needed]
  • 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.[citation needed]
  • 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[citation needed] 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, Gujarat, India, by Majlis al-'Ilmi in 1974.

Modern

  1. Safwat al-Tafasir
  2. At-Tafsir al-Wadwih al-Muyassar
  3. Rawa'i' al-Bayan Tafsir ayati al-Ahkam mina al-Qur'an

Persian

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  • 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, Gujarat, India, by Majlis al-'Ilmi in 1974.

Kurdish

Urdu

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  • Tibyan-Ul_Qur'an by Ghulam Rasool Saeedi is the most comprehensive and detailed Tafsir of Quran in urdu it contains complete,direct and full references(it is available in 12 volumes in urdu)

Tafseer e siddiqui by (bahrululoom muhammad abdul quadeer siddiqui hazrat)

  1. Tafsir-e-Quran
  2. Tafsir-e-Mehmud

Partial and Unfinished Tafsir

Bengali

Original

  • Qur'an Bangla Anubad (কুরআন বাংলা অনুবাদ), by Dr. Zohurul Hoque (1986). Available online
  • Tafsir Zakaria by Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. Available online.[27]
  • Tafsir-e-Haqqani[28]) 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

English

Original

Translations

  • Noor ul-Irfan by Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Naeemi
  • Tafsir Ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir is available as:
  1. Tafsir ibn Kathir: The Exegesis of the Grand Holy Qur'an translated by Muhammad Mahdi Al-Sharif. Daral-Kutub 'Ilmiyah, Beirut, Lebanon 2006.
  2. Tafsir Ibn Kathir translated by Safiur-Rahman Al Mubarakpuri and team, Darussalam Publications.
  3. Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) translated by Muhammad Anis Gad Khalil, Dar al-Manarah
  1. The Glorious Qur'an based on the Tafsir-e-'Uthmani translated and edited by the teachers of Madrasah Ayesha Siddiqua, Karachi. Al-Bushra Publishers
  2. Tafsir-e-Uthmani translated by Mohammad Ashfaq Ahmad, Idara Impex, India
  • Ma'ariful Quran by Muhammad Shafi. Translated from Urdu to English. Fully available online.[30]
  • Illuminating Discourses on the Noble Qur’an by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri, translated into English by Ismail Ebrahim, and edited by Ismail Khathrada and Afzal Hoosen Elias
  • Tafhim al-Quran by Abul A'la Maududi translated as Towards Understanding the Qur'an
  • Nahw tafsir mawdu`i li-suwar al-Qur'an al-Karim by Muhammad al-Ghazali has been translated as
  1. A Thematic Commentary on the Qur’an translated by A.A Shamis, The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
  2. Journey Through The Qur'an: The Content and Context of the Suras translated by Aisha Bewley
  • Tafsir al-Qur’an (also known as: Tafsir-e-Majidi) by Abdul Majid Daryabadi
  • Tafsir al-Tabari by al-Tabari has been partially translated by Scott Lucas as Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an in two volumes, Islamic Texts Society
  • Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb has been translated as In the Shade of the Quran by Adil Salahi and A.A Shamis, Islamic Foundation
  • The Noble Quran: Meaning With Explanatory Notes by Taqi Usmani
  • Tadabbur-e-Qur'an has been translated as Pondering over the Qur'an by Mohammad Saleem Kayani. Incomplete, in two volumes, Islamic Book Trust
  • Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalal ud Din Suyuti and Jalal ud Din al Mahalli has been translated as:
  1. Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Complete English Translation by Aisha Bewley, Dar al-Taqwa
  2. Tafsir al Jalayan: Great Commentaries of the Holy Qur'an translated by Feras Hamza, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Fons Vitae
  • Tafsir al-Kabir by al-Razi has been partially translated as The Great Exegesis: al-Tafsir al-Kabir by Sohaib Saeed. Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Islamic Texts Society

Sindhi

Malay

Indonesian

  • Tafsir Qur'an Karim by Mahmud Yunus (1899–1982)
  • Tafsir al-Azhar by Hamka. Published in 10 volumes.
  • Tafsir Al-Mishbah by Quraish Shihab
  • Tafsir Rahmat by Oemar Bakry (1916-)
  • Tafsir Al-Qur'anul Majid An-Nur by Muhammad Hasbi Ash-Shiddieqy (1904–1975)
  • Tafsir Al-Bayan by Muhammad Hasbi Ash-Shiddieqy
  • Tafsir Al-Lubab by Quraish Shihab. Published in 4 volumes.
  • Tafsir Qur'an by Zainuddin Hamidy and Fachruddin HS
  • Tafsir Raudhatul Irfan fi Ma'rifat Al-Qur'an by Ahmad Sanusi
  • Tafsir Al-Furqan by Ahmad Hassan
  • Tafsīr al-Qur’ān al-Karīm by Abdul Halim Hasan (1901-1969), Zainal Arifin Abbas and Abdul Rahim Haitami

Javanese

  • Serat Al-Fatekah by an anonymous Surakartan palace writer
  • STafsir Qur'an Jawen by Bagus Ngarofah
  • Tafsir Al-Iklil fi Ma'ani Tanzil by Misbah Mustafa. Published in 10 volumes.
  • Tafsir Al-Ibriz Lima'rifati Tafsiril Qur'an bi Lughati al-Jawa by Bisri Musthafa
  • Taj al-Muslimin min Kalami Rabbi al’Alamin by Misbah Mustafa
  • Faidl al-Rahman by Saleh Darat as-Samarani (1820-1903)
  • Tafsir Al-Mahalli by Mujab Mahalli

Sundanese

  • Tafsir Raudhatul Irfan fi Ma'rifat Al-Qur'an by Ahmad Sanusi. Published in 2 volumes.

Madurese

  • Al-Qur’an al-Karim Nurul Huda by Mudhar Tamim

Buginese

  • Tafsir Al-Munir by Anre Gurutta Daud Ismail

Turkish

  • Risale-i Nur by Said Nursî (1878—1960) written mainly in Turkish, is a large work, with four main volumes. It consists of extensive exegesis of certain verses and explanation of the fundamentals of how to approach the Qur’an. It especially explains the verses that 21st century people need most. In other words, it studies the verses about the six articles of belief of Islam such as believing in God and the day of judgment. It also gives logical answers to the questions asked by Atheists. This work is written in a more accessible style to the general public and is translated into 52 languages.[31][32][33]
  • Elmalılı Tefsir by Elmalılı Muhammed Hamdi Yazır. Published in 10 volumes, it remains one of the most popular commentaries in Turkish.[34]
  • Okuyucu Tefsiri by Semra Kürün Çekmegil - The first tafsir written by a female Turkish scholar[22]
  • Kur’an Tahlili: Arapça Gramer Işığında Sözlük-Meal-Tefsir by Necla Yasdıman[22]

Sunni Sufi

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Arabic

Bengali

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  • Noor ul-Irfan by Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Naeemi
  • Asrar al-Tanzil by Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (from Urdu)
  • Laṭā'if al-Isharat bi-Tafsir al-Qur'ān has been partially translated as Abu'l-Qasim Al-Qushayri's Lata'if Al-Isharat: Subtleties of The Allusions by Kristin Zahra Sands, Dar Ul Thaqafah
  • A Sufi Commentary on the Qur'an: Ta'wilat al-Qur'an by Abd al-Razzaq Al-Kashani, translated by Khalid Williams. The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Islamic Texts Society
  • Tafsir Al-Tustari: Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur’an translated by Annabel and Ali Keeler, The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Fons Vitae

Persian

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  1. Akram al-Tafasir
  2. Asrar al-Tanzil

Sunni Salafi

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Bengali

English

Original

  • Tafsir Ishraq Al-Ma'ani (1997-2007) by Syed Iqbal Zaheer. In eight volumes, this tafsir summarizes the exegesis of the most prominent writings of Muslim scholars from Tabari to Sayyid Qutb from a Salafi perspective.

Translation

  • Tafseer as-Sa'di by Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di, translated by Nasiruddin al-Khattab and edited by Huda Khattab, International Islamic Publishing House (from Arabic)
  • Ahasanul Bayan by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, translated by Mohammad Kamal Myshkat, Dar-us-Salam Publications (from Urdu)

Urdu

  • Ahasanul Bayan by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf

Twelver Shia

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Arabic

Classic

Jurisprudential

  • Zubdat al-bayan by Mohaghegh Ardabili (d. 1585 CE / 993 A.H.)
  • Fiqh al-Qur'an by al-Sayyid Qutb al-Rawandi (d. 1177 CE / 573 A.H.)

Partial and Unfinished Tafsir

  • Tafsir Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq collection of hadiths reportedly narrated by Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a.s.) (83 – 148 A.H.).
  • Tafsir Imam Hasan Askari attributed to Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.) (232 - 260 A.H.)

Modern

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Urdu

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Zaydi Shia

Arabic

Mu'tazila

Ibadi

Arabic

  1. Da‘i l-‘Amal li- Yawm al-Ajal (incomplete)
  2. Himyan al-Zad ild Dar al-Ma‘ad
  3. Taysir al-Tafsir

Modernist

Arabic

Urdu

  • Al-Bayan by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi.
  • Mafhoom Al Quran by ( Allama Ghulam Ahmad Parwez)

English

Other

English

  • The Study Qur’an — authored by an editorial collective led by noted Islamic philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr, published in 2015 by HarperCollins. This work seeks to highlight the depth and diversity of interpretations that exist within traditional Islam, drawing on 40 major classical commentaries from a wide range of orientations, including both Sunni and Shi'a viewpoints, the Maturidi, Ashari, Mutazili and Athari schools of Islamic theology, as well as Sufi interpretations; but excluding modern reformist and fundamentalist views. Has been hailed by academics as an unparalleled reference work in the field of Islamic studies.[41]
  • The Ascendant Qur'an: Realigning Man to the Divine Power Culture by Muhammad al Asi

Urdu

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