Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but she is also aware of the basic meanings and nature of teachings and history of Islam. The Translator:Aisha Abdurrahman at Tarjumana Bewley is one today’s most prolific translators of classical Arabic work into English. Major writings of al-Suyuti that remain widely used today include al-Itqan, on the Qur’anic sciences and Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which he completed when only 22. He was noble, abstinent and self-sufficient, distancing himself from people of rank and power and living on what he earned by teaching. He travelled extensively in his quest for knowledge - to Damascus, Hijaz, Yemen, India, Morocco, and the lands south of Morocco, as well as in Egypt.Al-Suyuti devoted his life to learning, teaching and writing. He memorized the Qur’an at the age of ‘eight, and then went on to study with more than 150 scholars. He wrote more than 300 books, covering every aspect of the Islamic sciences. A number of his writings concerned scientific topics or issues related to natural science and food and regimen, amongst other thingsFrom Asyut in Egypt,he was among the most renowned and prolific Muslim scholars of all time. There are an enormous number of his essays and treatises preserved today. Ībd al-Rahman ibn Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Sabiq al-Din, Jalal al-Din al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari, also known as Ibn al-Asyuti 849-911AH /1445-1505), the mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century, foremost hadith master, encyclopedist, historian, and biographer and probably one of the most prolific of all Islamic writers. Although he died before he could start the other half, the work was completed by his student, Jalalu’d-Din as-Suyuti.Al-Mahalli’s other books include commentaries on Jam’ al-Jawami’, al-Burda, al-Manahij fi’l-fiqh, al-Waraqat fi’l-usul, Kitab al Jihad. His most famous work is his Qur’anic commentary, Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which he began halfway through the text with Surat al-Kahf, ending with an-Nas and al-Fatiha. He taugh jurisprudence in the Mu’ayyadiyya and Barquqiyya madrasas.Abstinent and ascetic, he lived on what he earned by trade. Al-Mahalli was offered the highest judicial positions but refused them. He was known for his scrupulousness, fear of Allah, and fearlessness in upholding the truth. It is hoped that it will prove a valuable aid to the correct understanding of the Qur’anic Revelation throughout the English-speaking world.Įxplained by:Jalalu’d-din muhammad ibn ahmad al-mahalli (791-864/1389-1459) of Cairo was a versatile, scholar who excelled in jurisprudence, theology, grammar, rhetoric, and Qur’anic commentary. of the ‘complete commentaries, it is at the same time both wide-ranging and profoundThis translation gives non-Arabic speakers access to one of the seminal works of classical tafsir literature.
With this work, for the first time, a complete translation of one of the great classical commentaries on the Holy Qur’an becomes available to English-speaking readers.Tafsir al-Jalalayn, meaning 'The Commentary of the Two Jalals' is named after its two authors: Jalalu’d-Din al-Mahalli (1389-1459), who wrote half of it, and his student, Jalalu’d-Din as-Su~uti (1445-1505), one of the greatest Muslim scholars of all, who completed it after al-Mahalli’s death.For half a millennium Tafsir al-Jalalayn has been considered the essential first step in the study of the meanings of the Qur’an by teachers and students throughout the Islamic world Although it is among the shortest and simplest. The publication of this book is a landmark in the history of Islamic literature in English.
Pages: 1378 Binding: Hardcover w/ Dust JacketĮxplanation of the whole Qur’an in English in one Book Author: Jalalu'd-Din al-Mahalli, Jalalu-d-Din as-Suyuti Aisha Bewley (translator) Abdalhaqq Bewley, Muhammad Isa Waley (editors)
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