The Meaning of the Qur'an
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Tafsir al-Baghawi |
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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.
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[edit] Editions
- Towards Understanding the Qur'an - English translation
[edit] 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.[citation needed]
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[edit] References
- A Letter to a Pious Friend
- A Brief History of the Mawdudi Trend
- Mawdudi Response
- Mawdudi's slandering of Islamic faith and the Ahl as-sunnat scholars and its answer
[edit] External links
- Tafhim al-Qur'an in English
- Tafhim al-Qur'an in Urdu
- Tafhim al-Qur'an in Urdu
- Syed Abu-Ala' Maududi's Chapter Introductions to the Qur'an
- The Meaning of the Qur'an. A. A. Kamal (Editor) (ISBN 1-56744-134-3)
- http://www.halalco.com/quran_m_special.html
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