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The Lights of Revelation and the Secrets of Interpretation: Hizb 1 of the Commentary on the Qurʾan by al-Baydawi
The Lights of Revelation and the Secrets of Interpretation: Hizb 1 of the Commentary on the Qurʾan by al-Baydawi
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Gibril Fouad Haddad
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About The Book
This single volume contains the Arabic edition, English translation and notes by Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad of ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar b.Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Baydawi’s first hizb of Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al-Ta’wil (The Lights of Revelation and the Secrets of Interpretation).
As a revised and improved version of al-Zamakhshari’s landmark Tafsiral-Kashshaf, Anwar al-Tanzil contains the most concise analysis of the Quranic use of Arabic grammar and style to date and was viewed early on as a foremost demonstration of the Qur’an’s essential and structural inimitability (i’jaz ma’nawi wa-lughawi) in Sunni literature.
Anwar al-Tanzil is important and significant, because of its fame and influence. In Dr. Haddad’s own estimation, this work “became and remained for seven centuries the most studied of all Tafsirs,” and it is to be regarded as “the most important commentary on the Qur’an in the history of Islam.”
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About the author
al-Baydawi: al-Baydawi rahimahullah, full name Nasir al-Din 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar al-Baydawi, was a major classical Shafi'i jurist, theologian, and Qur'anic exegete who flourished in the seventh Islamic century (d. ca. 685 AH / 1286 CE). Born in the Bayda district of Persia (in present-day Iran), he served as chief qadi (judge) in Shiraz. He is most celebrated for his tafsir Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil (The Lights of Revelation and the Secrets of Interpretation), a comprehensive yet concise exegesis of the Qur'an that drew upon earlier works, especially the Kashshaf of al-Zamakhshari, while correcting its Mu'tazilite tendencies. His tafsir became one of the most studied and commented-upon works in the traditional Islamic curriculum. He also authored works in theology (kalam), jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh), and grammar.
About the translator
Gibril Fouad Haddad: Gibril Fouad Haddad (b. 1960 CE) is a Lebanese-born scholar, author, and translator widely regarded as one of the clearest voices of traditional Sunni Islam in the Western world. Born in Beirut to a Catholic family and educated in the United Kingdom and the United States, he completed a doctorate in French literature at Columbia University, where he embraced Islam in 1991. He later moved to Damascus, where he devoted close to ten years to the Islamic sciences under teachers such as Nur al-Din Itr and Wahba al-Zuhayli, gathering scholarly licenses (ijazas) from more than 150 shaykhs across the Muslim world. A specialist in hadith, doctrine, Qurʾanic studies, and prophetic biography, he is recognized as a hadith expert (muhaddith) and a determined defender of the four traditional schools of law. He follows the Shafiʿi school in law and the Ashʿari creed, with a Naqshbandi spiritual affiliation. His many works as author and translator include the Encyclopedia of Hadith Forgeries, The Four Imams and Their Schools, and Sunna Notes, alongside numerous renderings of classical texts on theology and the merits of the Prophet. He was named among The 500 Most Influential Muslims and later served at the Islamic studies center of Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
About the foreword writer
Osman Bakar: Dr. Osman Bakar hafidhahullah is a Malaysian scholar, teacher, and author whose work is known across the Islamic world and among Western scholars of Islam. Born in Temerloh in the state of Pahang, Malaysia, he completed his undergraduate degree with honors and an M.Sc. in Mathematics specializing in Algebra at London University. In 1981 he entered Temple University, where he completed an M.A. in Comparative Religion and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science and Islamic Philosophy. He served as Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President of Academics at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, where he was also the first holder of the Chair of the Philosophy of Science, a position he occupied until 2001. He is one of the founding members of the Islamic Academy of Science of Malaysia and has served as its President. His research interests include Southeast Asian Islam (particularly Malaysian and Indonesian Islam), contemporary Islamic thought, and the relationship between religion and science in both classical and contemporary Islamic contexts. His major works include The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science and Classification of Knowledge in Islam.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9780992633578
Publisher
Beacon Books
Author
al-Baydawi
Pages
902
Translator
Gibril Fouad Haddad
Year Published
2016
Size
W-6.1 in | H-9.2 in | D-2 in
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