Selections From The Comprehensive Exposition Of The Interpretation Of The Verses Of The Qur'An Av Muhammad Bin Jarir Tabari

<p>Tabari''s <i>Qur''an Commentary</i>, <i>Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur''an</i>, is one of the great monuments of classical Arabic and Islamic scholarship which, over a millennium, has been a fundamental reference work for scholars engaged in the tradition of Qur''anic exegesis. This two-volume translation focuses on thirty selected verses and Suras, or Chapters, associated with special merits and blessings and also includes Tabari''s own introduction to the <em>Comprehensive Exposition</em>.</p><p>Volume I contains: Tabari''s introduction; The Opening; the Throne Verse and the final three verses from The Cow (2:255 and 284-286); The Family of Imran (3:7 and 18); Repentance (9:38-40 and 128-129); the story of Moses and al-Khadir from The Cave (18:60-82); the Verse of Light from The Light (24:35-42); Prostration; Ya'' Sin.<br></p>