Rules of interpretation 2/1

Rules of Tafsir collection and study, compilation: Khalid bin Othman Al-Sabt Publisher: Dar Ibn Al-Afaan Book size: 17*24 Number of volumes: 2 Beirut edition, fine binding In this book, the compiler traces the rules of Tafsir from their sources and arranges them in a single, easy-to-handle sequence, while acknowledging that his task is not to establish the rules from scratch, as this has already been done by previous scholars. Instead, his work is determined after thorough investigation and collection, by gathering scattered rules, organizing their fragments, and clarifying their meanings, especially if there is any ambiguity, with illustrative examples. Thus, the book includes a set of objectives for the compilation, such as gathering the scattered, clarifying the complex, introducing novelty, and innovation. The author clarifies that the purpose of the rules of Tafsir is that they are the general judgments through which one can derive the meanings of the Qur'an and understand how to benefit from them. This includes rules related to reasons for revelation, the place of revelation, the letters and readings of the Qur'an, the interpretation of the Salaf, and the interpretation of the Qur'an in language. The author summarizes the reasons for choosing this topic as being to regulate the understanding of the Qur'an and to look into it despite the rarity of specialized writings on this aspect, and the general neglect of students of knowledge—whether specialists or others—in engaging with this area through learning, teaching, and writing. The author also refers to books and writings from which these rules were extracted, such as those related to Tafsir, Qur'anic sciences in their various branches, books of Usul al-Fiqh, language, and others, totaling 225 books, including both concise and detailed works. The author organized his book around "Purposes" (maqasid), which serve as "chapters" or "types," under which a number of rules are categorized. There are 28 purposes, including the purpose of revelation of the Qur'an and related matters, the purpose of the method of Tafsir, the purpose of linguistic rules, modes of address, apparent and implied meanings, addition, estimation, deletion, introduction, postponement, tools needed by the interpreter, pronouns and nouns in the Qur'an, conjunction, description, emphasis, synonymy, oath, command, prohibition, negation, interrogation, general and specific, absolute and restricted, explicit and implied, decisive and allegorical, text and apparent, interpreted and uninterpreted, and the knowledge of pauses, misleading differences, conflicts, repetition in the Qur'an, ambiguous parts of the Qur'an, abrogation, the science of contexts, and finally general rules. The rules are written in nominal sentences, with care taken to convey them as closely as possible to the wording of their authors. Each rule is placed in its appropriate place within the relevant purpose. Clarifications are provided for rules that need explanation, with as much brevity as possible, followed by examples or more than one example, indicating the relevant part of the example, along with some scholars' comments on the example. The author divided the rules into two sections: the first section includes fundamental rules, totaling 280, and the second section includes subsidiary rules, which are about one hundred, used mainly for citation.