The Qur'an and Its Interpreters: The House of 'Imran

by Mahmoud M. Ayoub

Using commentaries from the classical period through the medieval and modern periods to the present, this book presents the Qur'an as Muslims have understood it and interiorized it throughout its rich exegetical history. Sources have been carefully chosen to represent all of the major schools and trends in Islamic thought.

This book has been written, not primarily for scholars, but for interested western readers, for students of Islam, and for non-Arabic-speaking Muslims. For almost fourteen centuries the Qur'an has been a source of inspiration and solace and, above all, a guide along the way of life toward eternity. It is presented as such here.

This work is one of several volumes, each a reference to a particular part of the Qur'an. The entire collection will comprise an encyclopedia of Qur'an commentary.

Genres: Religion, Islam

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1992

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource, should be read in conjunction with Qur'an study. Good for those who are not versed in Arabic. Ayoub compiles a number of solid and well-respected tafsir both from classical as well as modern sources, he also does a good job of including not just Sunni, but also Shi'i and Sufi sources.

Unfortunately, this book only covers Sura Aal-E-'Imran