Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 2

<p>The <em>tafsīr</em> of al-Qurṭubī is perhaps one of the most compendious of them all and is certainly among the most famous. As its title <em>al-Jāmi‘ li Aḥkām al-Qur’ān</em> – 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 <em>ḥadīth</em> pertaining to the <em>āyahs</em> events in the <em>sīrah </em>what the Companions their Followers and other noted people of knowledge said about the <em>āyahs</em> essential aspects of Arabic etymology syntax and usage copiously illustrated by examples and much more.</p><p>In this volume the author continues through the second <em>juz’</em>(two <em>ḥizb</em>s) of Sūrat al-Baqarah stopping to examine <em>aḥkām</em>/judgments in greater detail including the changing of the qiblah ḥajj retaliation fasting wills and bequests menstruation marriage and divorce fighting in the Way of Allah Ṭālūt and Jālūt and lending Allah a generous loan a list however which hardly does justice to the range of subject matter and depth of treatment of this extraordinary work.</p>