The History & Principles of Uṣūl al-Tafsīr

Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī raḥimahullah (d.604 AH) writes under the verse وهذا كتاب أنزلنا مبارك in his tafsīr regarding the field of tafsīr:

Indeed I have worked upon many revelatory and rational fields of knowledge, thus I did not acquire through any of these sciences the happiness in my religious and worldly life like that which I acquired in the service of this field of knowledge.

The Qur’ān is the most important source in Sharīʿah, despite that, uṣūl al-tafsīr is not covered to a decent degree in the traditional Islāmic syllabus, this course is an absolute MUST for all students. I cannot emphasise enough just how important this course is. 

Course Outline

In this unique on-demand course, delivered in the English language, Maulana Taahir will be going through his 800-page book on uṣūl al-tafsīr titled Jāmiʿ al-Bayān fī Muhimmāt Tafsīr al-Qur’ān – the book is available in bookstores online.

Gathered from over 30 books such as Sh. Musāʿid al-Ṭayyār’s sharh on Ibn Taymiyyah’s famous Muqaddimah fi Usul al-Tafsir, Al-Fawz al-Kabir by Shah Waliyullah al-Dihlawi, Yatimat al-Bayan by ‘Allāmah Binnūrī, Al-Tahrīr fī Uṣūl al-Tafsīr by Sh. Musāʿid al-Ṭayyār, Nafḥāt al-ʿAbīr fī Muhimmāt al-Tafsīr by Sh. Muḥammad Shuʿaibullah Khān, Rawh al-Qadir ma’a Qawā’id al-Tafsīr by Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Himmatnagarī, Qawāʿid al-Tafsīr by Muḥammad Nuʿmān, Ikhtilāf al-Salaf fi’l-Tafsīr by Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Sulaymān, Al-Tibyān fī ‘Ulūm al-Quran by Muhammmad ‘Alī al-Sabūnī, ‘Ulūm al-Qur’ān by Nur al-Dīn ‘Itr and many other books.

Delivered by a scholar well-versed in uṣūl al-tafsīr, this course will, insha’Allah, be tremendously beneficial.

Course Duration: Over 25 lessons ON-DEMAND

Course Fee: £10 monthly for 12 months or £100 one-time payment

Course Format: Detailed PowerPoints

Course Curriculum

Lesson 1 – Introduction to Uṣūl al-Tafsīr

Lesson 2 – The History of Uṣūl al-Tafsīr and the Book on Uṣūl al-Tafsīr

Lesson 3 – Books of Uṣūl al-Tafsīr

Lesson 4 – The Codification & Writing Down of Tafsīr

Lesson 5 – Verses of the Qur’ān & Books of Aḥkam al-Qur’ān

Lesson 6 – Abrogation

Lesson 7 – Abrogation Continued & Connection Between Verses

Lesson 8 – Tafsīr al-Qur’ān bi’l-Qur’ān

Lesson 9 – Tafsīr al-Qur’ān bi’l-Qur’ān 2 & Tafsīr al-Qur’ān bi’l-Ma’thūr

Lesson 10 – Tafsīr al-Qur’ān bi’l-Ma’thūr

Lesson 11 – Tafsīr of the Salaf

Lesson 12 – Tafsīr of the Salaf 2 & Asbāb al-Nuzūl

Lesson 13 – Tafsīr of the Salaf 3 & Isrā’iliyyat

Lesson 14 – Asbāb al-Nuzūl 2

Lesson 15 – Tafsīr of the Tābiʿūn & Isrā’īliyyāt

Lesson 16 – Isrā’īliyyāt Continued

Lesson 17 – Tafsīr Bi’l-Ra’y & Tafsīr al-Ishārī

Lesson 18 – Ṭabqāt al-Mufassirīn

Lesson 19 – Tafsīr bi’l-Lugah

Lesson 20 – Tafsīr bi’l-Lugah 2

Lesson 21 – Tafsīr bi’l-Lugah 3 & Al-Ikhtilāf fi’l-Tafsīr 1

Lesson 22 – Al-Ikhtilāf fi’l-Tafsīr 2

Lesson 23 – Qawā’id al-Tafsīr

Lesson 24 – Qawā’id al-Tafsīr 2

Lesson 25 – Important Books of Tafsīr 1

Lesson 26 – Important Books of Tafsīr 2 – Tafsīr al-Baghawī, Al-Kashhāf,

Lesson 27 – Important Books of Tafsīr 3 – Tafsīr al-Nasafi, Tafsīr al-Quṭubī, Madārik al-Tanzīl, Tafsīr al-Khāzin, Tafsīr Ibn Juzayy

Lesson 28 – Important Books of Tafsīr 4 – Sharḥ Ṭībī li’l-Kashāf, Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ, Takhrīj al-Kashhāf, Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr, Rawā’i’ al-Tafsīr, Al-Lubāb fī ʿUlūm al-Qur’ān, Naẓm al-Durar, Ghāyah al-Amānī, Tafsīr al-Jalalayn, Al-Durr al-Manthūr

Lesson 29 – Important Books of Tafsīr 5 – Tafsīr al-Jalalayn Continued, Tafsīr Ibn Kamāl, Tafsīr Abu’l-Suʿūd, Anwār al-Qur’ān, Rūḥ al-Maʿānī, Tafsīr al-Mazharī, Tarjamah Shāh ʿAbd al-Qādir, Al-Fatḥ al-ʿAzīz, Fatḥul Qadīr & Many More

Lesson 30 – Qawā’id al-Tafsīr 3 – Impact of Qirā’āt

Sample Lesson