Al-Wahidi With Introduction

Asb b al-Nuz l By: Al ibn Ahmad al-W hid TRANSLATED BY Mokrane Guezzou Edited and with a brief Introduction by Yousef Meri The Complete Text 2008 Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought Amman, Jordan Series Editor s Introduction and Foreword The Great Tafsirs of the Holy Qur an project ( ) of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan ( ) is pleased to make available for the first time ever in English translation one of the most significant works in the branch of the Qur anic sciences ( ulum al-Qur an) known as asbab al-nuzul the occasions, reasons, and contexts for the Revelation of the Holy Qur an. The present work by Ali ibn Ahmad Al-Wahidi , (d. 468/1075) Asbab al-Nuzul is the earliest and best-known representative work of this genre. For most of the Qur an, the exact occasions and contexts of Revelation were not preserved in the historical record. However, for those that have been, the original context of the revelation of a particular verse of the Qur an will aid the reader in better understanding the historical context of the revelation and the issues that confronted the Prophet Muhammad and the nascent Muslim community.

(attrib.) Tanwir al-Miqbas fi Tafsir Ibn ‘Abbas. Forthcoming titles in this series include Sahl al-Tustari’s Tafsir , Osman Bakar’s Scientific Commentary on the Qur’an, Kashani’s Ta’wilat, Baydawi’s Tafsir , Qushayri’s Lata’if al-Isharat, Nasafi’s Tafsir , Tabari’s Tafsir,

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