The lights of the revelation and the secrets of interpretation known as Tafsir al-Baydawi 7/1

Author's name: Abdullah bin Omar bin Muhammad Al-Baydawi Researcher's name: Knowledge for Reviving Heritage and Digital Services Publishing house: Dar Tafsir for Publishing and Distribution - Riyadh Book format: Artistic binding, glossy paper Publication date: 1446 AH - 2024 AD Book size: 17×24 This book (Anwar Al-Tanzil wa Asrar Al-Taweel / Tafsir Al-Baydawi), by the jurist and exegete Abu Saeed Abdullah bin Omar bin Muhammad Al-Baydawi Al-Shafi’i (died: 691 AH), is included in the investigations published by the Center for Quranic Studies Tafsir. The investigation was carried out by the institution (Knowledge for Reviving Heritage and Digital Services) under the supervision and review of: Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Moaadhah Al-Shahrani, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Hassan Qa’id. This edition of Al-Baydawi’s Tafsir features several advantages: 1- Selection of the best manuscript copies of the book, which come after the author's copy in terms of scholarly value, among more than 800 manuscript copies of the Tafsir, with reference to some other copies, and some manuscripts of Al-Kashaf by Al-Zamakhshari, due to the close relationship between the two books. 2- A detailed introductory study about Al-Baydawi’s methodology in his Tafsir, his sources, and resources, with a special section on the doctrinal approach in Tafsir, and revealing examples that suffice without detailed explanation in every context, suitable for this Tafsir and similar ones in doctrinal methodology. 3- Selection of the best notes in Al-Baydawi’s marginalia — which are numerous — whether printed or manuscript, and incorporating them into the book; making this edition independent of consulting the Tafsir’s marginal notes. 4- Introducing the scholars, tracing quotations, evidences, and texts from their sources, clarifying what might be confusing in the text, and supplementing the book with helpful indexes. This investigation of Al-Baydawi’s Tafsir was published in 1446 AH - 2024 AD, in seven volumes. The first volume includes several introductions as follows: First: Biography of Al-Baydawi. Second: Introduction to the Tafsir and its author’s methodology: - Introduction to (Tafsir Al-Baydawi) and praise from scholars. - The encyclopedic knowledge of Al-Baydawi through his Tafsir. - The signs of scholars’ interest in (Tafsir Al-Baydawi). - The scientific approach followed by Al-Baydawi in his Tafsir. - Features of Al-Baydawi’s style in his Tafsir. - The elegance of Al-Baydawi’s expressions and richness of meanings. - Scholars’ motivations to focus on Tafsir Al-Baydawi. Sources used by Al-Baydawi in his Tafsir. Fundamentals of Tafsir according to Al-Baydawi: - Al-Baydawi’s attention to interpreting the Quran by the Quran. - Al-Baydawi’s attention to interpreting the Quran by the Sunnah. - The interpretation of the Salaf in (Tafsir Al-Baydawi). - Al-Baydawi’s care for reasons of revelation. - Al-Baydawi’s handling of Isra’iliyyat (Jewish and Christian narrations). - Al-Baydawi’s attention to the sayings of Tabi’un and those after them. - The readings in (Tafsir Al-Baydawi). - Al-Baydawi’s focus on linguistic craftsmanship in his Tafsir. - The influence of Kalam (Islamic theology) in (Tafsir Al-Baydawi). Doctrinal criticisms of Al-Baydawi’s Tafsir: First: The doctrinal influences on (Tafsir Al-Baydawi). Second: The principles that clarify the invalidity of some doctrinal criticisms against Al-Baydawi. Examples of doctrinal criticisms in (Tafsir Al-Baydawi): Part One: Related to Allah, His names, and attributes. Part Two: The issue of Qadar (Divine predestination). Part Three: Prophecies. Part Four: Concerning angels, the spirit, and jinn. Part Five: Concerning the pleasures of Paradise. Part Six: The chapter of rulings and names. Description of the manuscript copies of the book. Methodology of the investigation. The book is supplemented with a series of indexes as follows: - Subject index - Index of Hadiths and sayings - Index of poetry - Index of scholars - Index of sources and references