Al Wahidi's Asbab Al-Nuzul: Great Commentaries on the Holy Quran

<p>'Al ibn Ahmad al-Whid (d. 468/1075) was one of the earliest scholars of the branch of the Qur'anic sciences known as Asbb al-Nuzl (i.e. the contexts and occasions of the Revelation of the Qur'an). Al-Wahidi and subsequent scholars aimed to collect and systemize information concerning all the known reasons and contexts for the Revelation of particular Qur'anic verses. <br></p><p><em>This translation by Mokrane Guezzou represents the first accurate and reliable English translation of this seminal work.</em></p>