Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 5

<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><br></p><p>In this volume comprising the bulk of Sūrat an-Nisā' - from <em>āyat</em>s<em> </em>23 - 176 there are many matters to do with the rights of women marriage and divorce marital relations and disputes and their resolution and the laws of inheritance but also jihad a key <em>āyah</em> on governance hypocrisy and <em>īmān</em> and about 'Īsā the son of Maryam peace be upon him and the People of the Book. </p>