Tafsir Recommendations

[Abbe]

This might be a problem for some people as well, but there should be a section on tafsir ishaari.

al-Bahr al-Madid by Ibn 'Ajibah
Ruh al-ma'ani by al-Alusi
etc

[Isa al-Asiri]

Jazakum Allahu khayran for your contributions.

Al-Razai's Tafsir al-Kabir actually has a lot of interesting linguistic explanations (perhaps its most striking feature despite the reputation for theological digressions) and is almost an encyclopaedia. However, for most people today, much of it is almost inaccessible.

Al-Alusi's Ruh al-Ma'ani is very interesting but it does contain some discussions that some may deem problematic. I recall shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi complaining about a discussion therein about fabricated hadith. I have a copy in Abha but haven't really looked too much into it. It looks very comprehensive but al-Sabuni says he extracted the most beneficial points from it in his Safwat al-Tafasir.

Sometimes I feel that many of my books are neglected and not fully benefited from, especially the large reference works. With the advent of the internet, and almost all the classics now available as pdf, I feel quite a few of the large classical reference works on my shelves are superfluous. Now if I want to look up a particular issue I can just switch on the computer and quickly scan through the pdf. This also saves a great deal of time, space, and money. It is a nightmare moving your library across the world! However, there are some key books that I'll always want to have hard copies of. Safwat al-Tafasir is one of perhaps two or three tafasir that I'd always want to have at hand.

[mujahid7ia]

Sometimes I feel that many of my books are neglected and not fully benefited from, especially the large reference works. With the advent of the internet, and almost all the classics now available as pdf, I feel quite a few of the large classical reference works on my shelves are superfluous. Now if I want to look up a particular issue I can just switch on the computer and quickly scan through the pdf. This also saves a great deal of time, space, and money. It is a nightmare moving your library across the world! However, there are some key books that I'll always want to have hard copies of. Safwat al-Tafasir is one of perhaps two or three tafasir that I'd always want to have at hand.

Very true. Oftentimes when I am buying Arabic books I always think "I could just read the PDF", but then again I am more likely to actually pick up and read a physical book as opposed to on the computer where there is always 100 things going on at once. But for multi-volume works, yes perhaps it would not be worth the shelf space if they are referred to only occasionally; Shamela or PDFs would suffice for that.

[Acacia]

For a beginner/intermediate person of the Hanafi madhab, which tafseer of the Qur'an would be most suitable?

[amr123]

For a beginner/intermediate person of the Hanafi madhab, which tafseer of the Qur'an would be most suitable?

Maariful Quran: http://islamicdatabase.org/content/133/maariful-quran

[Acacia]

Maariful Quran: http://islamicdatabase.org/content/133/maariful-quran

JazakAllah

[Sunni_Student786]

My favorite is Safwat al-Tafasir as well.

My brother, what are you thoughts about this Tafsir for reading practice and vocabulary building for students of Arabic? How does it compare with "Tafsir as Sa'di" which I've seen you recommend elsewhere for this purpose?

[Isa al-Asiri]

My brother, what are you thoughts about this Tafsir for reading practice and vocabulary building for students of Arabic? How does it compare with "Tafsir as Sa'di" which I've seen you recommend elsewhere for this purpose?

Al-salamu 'alaykum. Safwat al-Tafasir is great for reading practice and fluency for a number of reasons. It is written in clear, contemporary Arabic and thus is not difficult to understand at all. The work is based on discussions from the major tafasir and so terms used within it will pop up in the major works as well. It explains the obscure vocabulary at the beginning of each section of a surah rather like a modern dictionary. It has a great section at the end of each surah discussing the balagha of the surah in a very clear manner, and so deepens one's appreciation for the beauty of the language whilst familiarising one with basic balagha terms. It also begins with an overview of the surah which gives you the gist. It really is a wonderful work masha'Allah. Even school children could understand from it. If you have to pick one, this is the one. I am sincere with you on this.

Tafsir al-Sa'di is more basic and is quite similar to Tafsir al-Jalalayn if you are familiar with that work.

[Sunni_Student786]

Al-salamu 'alaykum. Safwat al-Tafasir is great for reading practice and fluency for a number of reasons. It is written in clear, contemporary Arabic and thus is not difficult to understand at all. The work is based on discussions from the major tafasir and so terms used within it will pop up in the major works as well. It explains the obscure vocabulary at the beginning of each section of a surah rather like a modern dictionary. It has a great section at the end of each surah discussing the balagha of the surah in a very clear manner, and so deepens one's appreciation for the beauty of the language whilst familiarising one with basic balagha terms. It also begins with an overview of the surah which gives you the gist. It really is a wonderful work masha'Allah. Even school children could understand from it. If you have to pick one, this is the one. I am sincere with you on this.

Tafsir al-Sa'di is more basic and is quite similar to Tafsir al-Jalalayn if you are familiar with that work.

Jazakallahu Khair for the response.

Brother godilali, care to chime in as well?

[al huda]

ASAK.
can u pls share the websites where v can find the classics that u have mentioned in pdf format.....and also i wanted to know if u have considered the opinion of sheikh bin baaz and other pertinent scholars regarding the tafseer of sabooni - safawat al tafseer.??? please clarify ur stand....
jazakallahu khairan....