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Tafsir Al-TustariTranslation by Annabel & Ali KeelerThe fourth volume in the Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur’an series, Tafsir Al-Tustari, is the earliest surviving Sufi commentary on the Qur’an and it one of the few authenticated works in Tustari’s name. …

Tafsir Ibn AbbasTranslation by Yousef MeriAttributed variously to the Companion Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (d.687CE) and to Ibn Ya’qub al-Firuzabadi (d.1414CE), Tafsir Ibn Abbas is one of the pivotal works for understanding the environment which influenced the development of Quranic exegesis. …

Lata’if Al-IsharatTranslation by Kristin Zahra SandsSubtle Allusions (Lataʾif al-isharat) is a line-by-line Arabic Qurʾanic commentary by the scholar and Sufi master Abu l-Qasim al-Qushayri (d.465/1074), who was also the author of the influential and widely read handbook on Sufism known …

Kashf Al-Asrar: The Unveiling of the MysteriesTranslation by William C. ChittickRashid al-Din Maybudi, author of this Sufi commentary on the Quran, was a major twelfth-century scholar of Maybud, near Yazd in central Iran. This commentary, called Kashf al-asrar wauddat al-abriar …

Tafsir Al-JalalaynTranslation by Mokrane GuezzouTafsir Al-Jalalayn is one of the most significant tafsirs, or commentaries, for the study of the Quran. Composed by two “Jalals”- Jalal al-Din al-Mahallid. (1459CE) and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 1505CE), Tafsir Al-Jalalayn is generally regarded …

Al-Wahidi’s Asbab al-NuzulTranslation by Mokrane GuezzouAl-Wahidi’s Asbab Al-Nuzul, presented here in complete English translation for the first time ever, is the third work in The Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur’an series. The series aims to make widely available leading …

The Straight Path: A Commentary on the Holy Qur’anTranslation by Khalid WilliamsAl-Sirat al-mustaqim fi tibyan al-Qurʾan al-karim (The Straight Path: A Commentary on the Holy Qur’an) is also known by the title of Tafsir al-akhawayn (Exegesis of the Two Brothers) perhaps because the …

A Sufi Commentary on the Qur’anTranslation by Feras Hamza (Vol. I) & Khalid Williams (Vol. II)The Sufi commentary on the Qur’an by ‘Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani (Ta’wilat al-Qur’an)—long believed to have been written by Muhyi al-Din Ibn ‘Arabi (d. 1240)—is one …

Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur’anTranslation by Scott LucasTabari’s Qur’an Commentary, Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur’an, is one of the great monuments of classical Arabic and Islamic scholarship …