Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 5

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 knowledge said about the āyahs, essential aspects of arabic etymology, syntax and usage, copiously illustrated by examples, and much more.in this volume, comprising the bulk of sūrat an-nisāfrom āyats 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 āyah on governance, hypocrisy and īmān, and about 'īsā the son of maryam, peace be upon him, and the people of the book. abū muḥammad ibn aḥmad ibn abī bakr ibn farḥ al-anṣārī al-khazrajī al-andalusī al-qurṭubī (610-11 ah/1214 ce 671 ah/1273 ce) was born in cordoba in spain, but moved in 1236 to cairo in egypt, where he lived until his death. he was mālikī in fiqh, and, although he composed other works, he is most famous for this tafsīr.aisha bewley is the translator of a large number of classical works of islam and sufism, often in collaboration with abdalhaqq bewley.abdalhaqq accepted islam in 1968 and spent some years in morocco studying islam. since that time he has worked with shaykh dr abdalqadir as-sufi on the establishment of islam and muslim communities, which has led to periods living and teaching in nigeria, the us, czechoslovakia, germany, spain, the caribbean and the uk.