Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 3

<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>Among the important matters covered in this volume are extensive commentary on the <em>Āyat al-Kursī </em>the greatest <em>āyat</em> in the Qur’an the <em>āyat</em>s on usury and the longest <em>āyat</em> in the Qur’an which regulates credit and debt among the very last revealed to the Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him and grant him peace the unparalleled <em>āyat</em>s that conclude Sūrat al-Baqarah and the passage from Sūrah Āl ‘Imrān that explicates the difference between <em>āyat</em>s containing clear judgements and others that are open to interpretation. There is of course the eponymous theme of the sūrah the family of ‘Imrān: Maryam her son ‘Īsā Zakariyyā’ and his son Yaḥyā peace be upon them all.</p>