Qur'anScience
Qur'anScience
His tafsir is perhaps the most widely read by Muslims today, including in the Malay world. His method is clear: the Qur’an is explained by the Qur’an, then by the Sunnah — and the Isra’iliyyat are carefully sifted. The twelfth book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of Imam Ibn Kathir, from the Qur’an, authentic Hadith and the recognised books of biography, with common confusions clearly marked. “If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.”
“Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.”
Anyone who wants to know the early scholars
Parents & heads of families
Students of tafsir & history
Preachers, teachers & counsellors
The story of Imam Ibn Kathir — 22 chapters with Qur’anic verses, 19 authentic Hadith with linked chains, a timeline, a diagram of teachers and students, a chart of three great tafsirs, a chart of the structure of al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah, history notes marked separately, a table of popular stories and their status, a glossary and reflection questions.