The tafsīr of al-qurṭubī is perhaps one of the most compendious of them all and is certainly among the most famous. as its title, al-jāmili aḥkām al-qur'ān the general judgments of the qur'an, suggests, its main focus is on the rulings and judgments to be found in the qur'ān. however, in the course of doing that, al-qurṭubī examines all the relevant sciences necessary, such as the ḥadīth pertaining to the āyahs, events in the sīrah, what the companions, their followers and other noted people of