Some major tafsirs of the Qur'an

[Sulaiman84]

I am a student at Shariah Program. You should consider taking the course a new cycle of first year students is about to begin March 27th and registration is still open.

I'm interested but I'm in the process of moving back to my hometown on the east coast so registering now is not possible for me and I wouldn't be able to fulfill the dars's haqq. After listening to the tafsir of the first part of surah Yunus, parts of my brain started tingling, so I think that's a good sign. I should get more info from Mufti Sahib's link and make istikhara and shura.

I was very impressed with the themes and the points that were opposite to them. The sarf and nahw references were great. The Words of the Qur'an are definitely wise.

I saw some similarities between the format of the dars and the format in Qur'an Made Easy by Mufti Afzal Husein Ilyas. No wonder why I liked it.

[ENIGMA]

Before I password protect the directory and restrict it to students, here's a chance to listen to our first three sessions:

www.shariahprogram.ca/tafseer-recordings/

Brother Sulaiman84 etc., go ahead and download the files.

can this link be made available until atleast tonight please?

[jhs3ms]

Anyone come across hidayatul Quran which is currently being written by mufti saeed ahmad palanpuri. very good

[Instructor]

can this link be made available until atleast tonight please?

It'll remain active until the coming Saturday at least, insha Allah.

[Instructor]

I never got around to password protecting it. It might happen any time. Before it happens, you can download whatever you're able to.

[selsebil]

Assalaam Aleikum Wa Rahmetullahi Wa Barakatuh,
Risale-i Nur is one of the famous tafseers of our age.
The Risale-i Nur collection is a six-thousand-page commentary on the Quran written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi in accordance with the mentality of the age. Since in our age faith and Islam have been the objects of the attacks launched in the name of so called science and logic, Bediuzaman Said Nursi therefore concentrated in the Risale-i Nur on proving the truths of faith in conformity with modern science through rational proofs and evidence, and by decribing the miraculous aspects of the Quran that relate primarily to our century. This collection now has millions of readers both in and outside of Turkey. Thanks to the Risale-i Nur, the Turks managed to maintain their religion despite the most despotic regimes of the past decades. Although its author faced unbearable persecution, imprisonment, and exile, while no effort was spared to put an end to his service to faith, he was able to complete his writings compromising the Risale-i Nur and raise a vast group of believers who courageously opposed the oppression and preserved the dominance of Islam in the country.
Bediuzzaman understood an essential cause of the decline of the Islamic world to be weakening of the very foundations of belief. This weakening, together with the unprecedented attacks on those foundations in the 19th and 20th centuries carried out by materialists, atheists and others in the name of science and progress, led him to realize that the urgent and over-riding need was to strengthen, and even to save, belief. What was needed was to expend all efforts to reconstruct the edifice of Islam from its foundations, belief, and to answer at that level those attacks with a 'manevi jihad' or 'jihad of the of the word.'
More information can be found at:

http://www.lightofquran.info/

[Ashraf Dockrat]

Dear Selsebil

I would be very interested to know how you define a "tafsir". I have the entire collection of Risale-i-Nur. Have made a study of it and presented at a Nursi sponsored conference. I am familiar with its contents but will not call it a tafsir. Please explain.

Wassalam

[selsebil]

Dear Brother in Islam,
Assalaam Aleikum Wa Rahmetullahi Wa Barakatuh,
There are two sorts of Qur’anic commentaries:
The first is the well-known sort of commentary. Commentaries of this sort expound and elucidate the Qur’an’s phraseology, words, and sentences.
The second sort explain, prove, and elucidate with powerful arguments the Qur’an’s truths related to belief. This sort has great importance. Sometimes the well-known, externalist commentaries include this sort in summary fashion. But the Risale-i Nur has made it its basis directly, and is a commentary on the Qur’an’s meanings which silences obstinate philosophers in unprecedented manner.
I'm happy to hear that you've got Risale-i Nur Collection.Hope you'll get benefitted insaallah!

Dear Selsebil

I would be very interested to know how you define a "tafsir". I have the entire collection of Risale-i-Nur. Have made a study of it and presented at a Nursi sponsored conference. I am familiar with its contents but will not call it a tafsir. Please explain.

Wassalam

[Ashraf Dockrat]

Dear Brother

Asslamu 'alaikum

I am not convinced by your argument. If we follow your tread of argument then any book on any Islamic topic will satisfy the requirements of a tafsir. I agree that the Risala-i-nur is a good contribution to understanding Islam and the Quran but to classify it as a tafsir would not be correct. I know members of the Nurcu who would not agree with you.

Wassalam
Ashraf

[selsebil]

Wa alaikum salaam Dear Brother,

You may not classify Risale-i Nur as a tafseer.Your agreement of Risala-i-nur's contribution to understanding Islam and the Quran is enough.
By the way,this is not my personal view.Bediuzzaman declares Risale-i Nur as a second type of tafseer maybe a hundred times in Risale-i Nur.I recommend your Nurcu friends to read Risale-i Nur carefully,especially 14 th Ray.
May Allah guide us on Siraat al-Mustakim!Wassalam!
Your Brother in Islam

Dear Brother

Asslamu 'alaikum

I am not convinced by your argument. If we follow your tread of argument then any book on any Islamic topic will satisfy the requirements of a tafsir. I agree that the Risala-i-nur is a good contribution to understanding Islam and the Quran but to classify it as a tafsir would not be correct. I know members of the Nurcu who would not agree with you.

Wassalam
Ashraf