The Meaning of the Qur'an

Part of the series on
Quranic exegesis

Most famous

Sunni:
Tafsir ibn Kathir (~1370)
Tafsir al-Qurtubi (~1273)
Tafsir al-Tabari (~922)
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
(1460-1505)
Tanwir al-Miqbas

Shi'a: Tafsir al-Mizan
(1892-1981)

Sunni tafsir

Tafsir al-Baghawi
Tafsir al-Kabir
Dur al-Manthur
Tadabbur-i-Quran
Ma'ariful Quran
Fi zilal al-Quran
Tafhim-ul-Quran

Shi'a tafsir

Al-Mizan Fi Tafsir al-Quran
Holy Quran (puya)
Majma' al-Bayan
Nur al-Thaqalayn
al-Safi

Ahmadiyya tafsir

Tafseer-e-Kabeer
Tafseer-e-Sagheer

Sufi tafsir

Tafsir Ibn Arabi
Kashf al-Asrar wa 'Iddat al-Abrar

Mu'tazili tafsir

Al-Kashshaf

Terms

Asbab al-nuzul

The Meaning of the Qur'an (Arabic: Tafhim al-Qur'an[1]) is a book in six volumes written by the Islamic scholar Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi (1903–1979). Among the newer ones, this is an exegeses of the Qur'an (Arabic: tafsir), based on the Sunni hadith literature.

Among things, it includes a chapter introductions for each and every Surah, explaining the name, period of revelation and a large section on its historical background.

Contents

Editions

Criticism

Shi'a do not regard his tafseer as authentic and show that a clear minded person can see a bias in his book towards the Holy Prophets (saw) household that even other Sunni scholars do not show in their tafseers.

See also

List of Sunni books

References

External links