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The commentary on the Qur'an (Arabic:Jami` al-bayan `an ta'wil ay al-Qur'an), popularly Tafsir al-?abari is a classic Sunni tafsir
Tafsir

Tafsir is the Arabic word for exegesis or commentary, usually of the Qur'an. It does not include esoteric or mystical interpretations, which are covered by the related word Ta'wil....
 by the Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari was one of the earliest, most prominent and famous Persian people historian and tafsir,who wrote exclusively in Arabic , most famous for his History of the Prophets and Kings and Tafsir al-Tabari....
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It is his second great work after "Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk" History of the Prophets and Kings, famously known as "Tarikh al-Tabari". It was marked by the same fullness of detail as his other work. The size of this work and the independence of judgment in it seem to have prevented it from having a large circulation, but scholars such as Baghawi and Suyuti
Suyuti

Imam Jalaluddin Al-Suyuti also known as Ibn al-Kutb was an Egyptians writer, religious scholar, juristic expert and teacher whose works deal with a wide variety of subjects in Islamic theology....
 used it largely.






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The commentary on the Qur'an (Arabic:Jami` al-bayan `an ta'wil ay al-Qur'an), popularly Tafsir al-?abari is a classic Sunni tafsir
Tafsir

Tafsir is the Arabic word for exegesis or commentary, usually of the Qur'an. It does not include esoteric or mystical interpretations, which are covered by the related word Ta'wil....
 by the Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari was one of the earliest, most prominent and famous Persian people historian and tafsir,who wrote exclusively in Arabic , most famous for his History of the Prophets and Kings and Tafsir al-Tabari....
.

It is his second great work after "Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk" History of the Prophets and Kings, famously known as "Tarikh al-Tabari". It was marked by the same fullness of detail as his other work. The size of this work and the independence of judgment in it seem to have prevented it from having a large circulation, but scholars such as Baghawi and Suyuti
Suyuti

Imam Jalaluddin Al-Suyuti also known as Ibn al-Kutb was an Egyptians writer, religious scholar, juristic expert and teacher whose works deal with a wide variety of subjects in Islamic theology....
 used it largely. Ibn Kathir
Ibn Kathir

Ismail ibn Kathir was an Islamic scholar and renowned commentator on the Qur'an....
 used it in his Tafsir ibn Kathir
Tafsir ibn Kathir

Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim, popularly Tafsir ibn Kathir , is a classic Sunni Islam tafsir by Ibn Kathir.It is considered to be a summary of the earlier tafsir by al-Tabari, The commentary on the Qur'an ....
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Editions

Editions of Tabari's commentary on the Qur'an:

  • Edition published in thirty vols. (with extra index volume) at Cairo
    Cairo

    Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....
    , 1902-1903; reprinted in 1984.
  • Tafsir al-Tabari : al-musammá Jami' al-bayan fi ta'wil al-Qur'an. New edition published in 12 volumes by Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyah, Beirut, 1997.
  • An account with brief extracts given by O. Loth in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, vol. xxxv. (1881), pp. 588-628.
  • The commentary on the Qur'an, by Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al- Tabari ; being an abridged translation of Jami' al-bayan 'an ta'wil ay al-Qur'an, with an introduction and notes by J. Cooper, general editors, W.F. Madelung, A. Jones. Oxford University Press, 1987. The late author did not carry this beyond the first volume. It is out of print.
  • Commentary on the Quran, Vol. 1, Delhi 1987. ISBN 0-19-920142-0. This is a replica of the Cooper translation.
  • Web based publication at .
  • Software component of Qur'an software published by .


See also

  • List of Sunni books
    List of Sunni books

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