Tafsir al-Qurtubi – Vol. 6 Surat al-Ma’idah
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Translator
Aisha Bewley
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About The Book
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-Jāmi‘ li 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.
This volume covers Sūrat al-Mā’idah in its entirety. Among its subjects are the āyāts on dietary matters. The sūrah also recounts the primordial event of the two sons of Adam and their strife.
Perhaps the most substantial section is a sustained address to the People of the Book while also considering many issues to do with Muslims’ relations with them. Then there is the great āyat announcing the completion of the dīn. The sūrah concludes with the account of the Prophet ‘Īsā, peace be upon him, and his disciples and of the Table sent down from Heaven.
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About the author
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi: Al-Qurtubi (d. 671 AH / 1273 CE), in full Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-Qurtubi, was among the foremost Qurʾan commentators of the Muslim West. He was born in Cordoba in al-Andalus and trained there in the religious sciences, Maliki in law and Ashʿari in creed, with deep command of tafsir, hadith, the canonical readings (qiraʾat), and Arabic grammar. After the Christian conquest of Cordoba he migrated eastward, eventually settling at Munyat Ibn Khasib in Upper Egypt, where he passed his remaining years in worship, scholarship, and a noted disdain for worldly honors. His landmark work is al-Jamiʿ li-Ahkam al-Qurʾan, universally known as Tafsir al-Qurtubi, a vast commentary in some twenty volumes. Unlike commentaries crowded with narrative and history, al-Qurtubi concentrated on the legal rulings derived from the Qurʾan and how scholars inferred them, while also treating variant readings, grammar, and the science of abrogation (nasikh wa mansukh). It remains one of the most consulted classical tafsirs to this day. He is also remembered for al-Tadhkira fi ahwal al-mawta wa-umur al-akhira, an influential treatise on death, the grave, and the events of the hereafter, and is credited with a commentary on the Beautiful Names of God. He died and was buried in Egypt.
About the translator
Aisha Bewley: Aisha Bewley (b. 1948 CE) is one of the most prolific and respected translators of classical Arabic Islamic literature into English. Born in the United States, she earned a BA in French and an MA in Near Eastern languages at the University of California, Berkeley, and undertook further study at the American University in Cairo. She embraced Islam in 1968 and has since devoted more than four decades to rendering the texts of the Islamic tradition into clear, accessible English. Her best-known work is The Noble Qur'an, a translation of the meanings of the Qur'an produced with her husband, Abdalhaqq Bewley, and first published in 1999. Among her landmark translations are the Muwatta' of Imam Malik ibn Anas (1989), a foundational early collection of hadith and Maliki fiqh, and the multi-volume Tafsir of al-Qurtubi (2003 onward). Her wider output spans creed, law, and Prophetic biography, including abridgements and renderings of works such as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's writing on the soul after death and classical descriptions of the noble character and appearance of the Prophet, peace be upon him. WorldCat records her as author or translator of dozens of works across many editions, and in 2023 she was named Muslim Woman of the Year by The Muslim 500, which recognizes the world's most influential Muslims. Her translations are valued for fidelity to the Arabic and readable English, and remain in steady use among English-speaking students of the tradition.
About the editor
Abdalhaqq Bewley: Shaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley accepted Islam in 1968 and spent several 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 United States, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. He is the author of Islam, Its Basic Practices and Beliefs, Zakat: Raising a Fallen Pillar, The Four Madhhabs of Islam, The Natural Form of Man, and The Islamic Will: A Practical Guide, among other works. In collaboration with his wife, the renowned Arabic translator Aisha Bewley, he has been responsible for The Noble Qur'an: A New Rendering of its Meaning in English, Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik, and Muhammad: the Messenger of Allah, being the ash-Shifa of Qadi Iyad. He has also contributed to the translation of Tafsir al-Qurtubi and edited works including The Four Imams by Muhammad Abu Zahra. Shaykh Abdalhaqq currently resides in Norwich where he serves as Rector of the Muslim Faculty of Advanced Studies.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781914397004
Publisher
Diwan Press
Author
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi
Pages
358
Translator
Aisha Bewley
Editor
Abdalhaqq Bewley
Year Published
2021
Size
W-6.7 in | H-9.6 in | D-0.75 in
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