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The Qurʾan and Its Interpreters
The Qur'an and Its Interpreters introduces the Western reader to the Qur'an as Muslims have understood it.
The record of the Qur'an in the community as a force shaping the life of Muslims can be most clearly discerned through the vast literature of interpretation known as tafsir. This multivolume work is based on a large number of tafsir sources, representing all the major religious schools and stages of Muslim history for the last one thousand years. It will cover the entire Qur'an.
This first volume consists of an introduction to the science and sources of interpretation of the Qur'an and the first two surahs of the Qur'an. The treatment is comprehensive and thorough. While the work is based entirely on primary sources, this volume includes a substantial bibliography of works on the Qur'an in Western languages.
The Qur'an is the word of God as it was revealed to the prophet Muhammad, interiorized by the community, then shaped into an earthly book whose original archetype is with God. Dr. Ayoub concerns himself not with the history of the Qur'an, but with the way it was collected and fixed into an official codex, the recension of which has voiced the community's prayers and devotions, set its legal norms and moral standards, and occupied its best minds for more than thirteen hundred years.
The record of the Qur'an in the community as a force shaping the life of Muslims can be most clearly discerned through the vast literature of interpretation known as tafsir. This multivolume work is based on a large number of tafsir sources, representing all the major religious schools and stages of Muslim history for the last one thousand years. It will cover the entire Qur'an.
This first volume consists of an introduction to the science and sources of interpretation of the Qur'an and the first two surahs of the Qur'an. The treatment is comprehensive and thorough. While the work is based entirely on primary sources, this volume includes a substantial bibliography of works on the Qur'an in Western languages.
The Qur'an is the word of God as it was revealed to the prophet Muhammad, interiorized by the community, then shaped into an earthly book whose original archetype is with God. Dr. Ayoub concerns himself not with the history of the Qur'an, but with the way it was collected and fixed into an official codex, the recension of which has voiced the community's prayers and devotions, set its legal norms and moral standards, and occupied its best minds for more than thirteen hundred years.
290 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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June 22, 2009
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 the first two Suras, Sura al-Fatiha and Sura al-Baqara
Unfortunately, this book only covers the first two Suras, Sura al-Fatiha and Sura al-Baqara
August 25, 2012
This volume along with volume II provides the most accessible selection of translations from traditional Quranic commentaries in the English language. It is good for an introduction, but often requires historical and intellectual contextualization that is not made available in the volume. Nonetheless, after over 25 years, this is still the best place to turn to get first hand access to the commentary tradition itself.
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