Tafsir al-Baydawi
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Arabic
: عبد الكريم الكُورائي).Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al-Ta'wil (
al-Baydawi (d.1319), flourished especially among non-Arab Muslim regions.[1]
This work is based on the earlier work of al-Tafsir al-Kabir (or Mafatih al-Ghayb) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.[3]
The commentary begins with a short opening, in which the author praises the value of interpreting the verses of the Qurʼan and argues that Qurʼanic exegesis is at the head of all sciences. The author then gives the name of his work, before launching into the explanation of
al-Fatihah ("the opening"), the first chapter of the Qurʼan.[4]
According to the Islamic scholar
Sunni literature. Thus, the work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and significant, because of its fame and influence, and many commentaries have been written on Baydawi's work. [5]
The work became one of the standard tafsirs in the Muslim world, receiving many supercommentaries and commonly being studied in madrasa courses on Qur'anic interpretation, and was one of the first Qur'an commentaries published in Europe (1846 – 48).[6]
Description
The work enjoyed a solid reputation among
Author
Al-Baydawi was an expert on Qurʼanic exegesis,
Mu'tazilites. He wrote a number of other scholarly works in tenets of faith, jurisprudence, and Arabic, as well as history in Persian. He was also the author of several theological treatises. His major work is the commentary on the Qur'an. After serving as a judge in Shiraz, he moved to Tabriz
, where he died in 685 AH.
Al-Baydawi's father was the Chief Justice of the
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111).[8]
The
AlKoran, an early English translation made use of the convenience afforded by Al-Baydawi's work as the continuous commentary reproduced the Quran in its entirety.[9]
Criticism
Al-Baydawi has attracted some criticism for the brevity of his writings, and for some inaccuracy, with some scholars accusing him of allowing some Mu'tazilite views held by al-Zamakhshari to filter through into Anwar al-Tanzil.[7]
Translation
Major translation work to English was conducted by
ijaza (scholarly licenses) from over 150 shaykhs and has authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles in Islamic hermeneutics, doctrine, hadith, biography and heresiology
.
He has lectured on
The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World as “one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West.”[10][11]
Haddad edition
- Dedication to HM The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam.
- Epigraphs and Prayer.
- Title page of oldest known manuscript of Anwar al-Tanzil.
- Illustrations and Tables.
- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Osman bin Bakr.
- Acknowledgements.
- Abbreviations.
Introduction
| Quran |
|---|
- Is Allah an underived proper name or is it etymologically derived from ilah (deity)?
- Does Allah task one beyond one's capacity, such as tasking Abu Jahlto believe?
- Naskh: The pre-Islamic viability and post Islamic inviability of Judaism, Christianity and other superseded faiths.
- Expert scholarly exertion (ijtihad) and other qualifications.
- The 22 disciplines of exegesis, including scientific training.
- Scientific and philosophical discourse in the Anwar: physiology, meteorology, geophysics, mineralogy, embryology, psychology, psycholinguistics, empiricism versus materialism.
- More on the exegete's musts: piety, orthodoxy and parsing.
- Baydawi's Main Sources:
- Purging Mu'tazilaand other sects.
- al-Raghib's Mufradat Alfaz al-Qur'an and his Tafsir.
- Mafatih al-Ghayb.
- Sufism in Anwar al-Tanzil: the vision of Allah; self-extinction; the pleasures of paradise reflects levels of knowledge of Allah in dunya; slaughter the cow of your ego.
- ---[III]. Reception of the Tafsir in the Umma and the West.
- The Anwar as a textbook and its scholastic marginalia.
- Epigones and Epitomes.
- Gradual disuse of the Anwar in the last 75 years.
- Recourse to Anwar al-Tanzil in middle Orientalism (17th - 18th C.), France, Germany, England, Holland and Rome.
- Western confusion over al-Baydawi's Tafsir.
- ---[IV]. Translation Issues and Backdrop to the Present Work.
- Post-Kemal Azhari-Salafi fatwas against Qur'an translation.
- Our rendering of the Magnificent Qur'an.
- Anwar al-Tanzil in partial translation: Urdu, French, English.
- The present edition and translation of the Anwar.
- ---[V]. Sources Used and Our Isnad(Chain of Transmission).
- Manuscripts, editions and commentaries used in this work.
- Manuscripts.
- Editions.
- Commentaries.
- Illustrative samples from the sources used.
- Our chain of transmission to Baydawi's Anwar al-Tanzil.
The First Hizb of al-Baydawi's Anwar al-Tanzil
- Baydawi's Preamble.
- Tafsir is the chief science and foundation of all disciplines.
Appendix
- Arabic-English glossary of technical terms.
- Glossary of persons and sects cited by al-Baydawi.
- Bibliography.
- Index of Sura References.
- Index of Hadiths and Early Reports.
- Index of Poetic Verses.
- General Index.
- Other Works by Gibril Fouad Haddad.
See also
References
- ISBN 9780415326391p. 118
- ^ Imam al-Baydhawi. "Tafsir al-Baydawi - Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil". Looh Press; Islamic & African Studies.
- ^ a b Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad. "Tafsir al-Baydawi: First Hizb, English". UBD Press & Beacon Books.
- ^ a b al-Baydawi's "Anwar al-tanzil wa asrar al-ta'wil" with Frontispiece. World Digital Library. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ Gibril Fouad Haddad. "Lights of Revelation & Secrets of Interpretation". Beacon Books.
- ^ "Baydawi". Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9781134339754.
- ISBN 9781908433053.
- ^ Alexander Bevilacqua: The Qur'an Translations of Marracci and Sale, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes
- ^ "Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad". University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD).
- ^ Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad. "Lights of Revelation & Secrets of Interpretation". Beacon Books.
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