Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr

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Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr is a highly influential 14th-century Sunni Qur’anic commentary by the scholar Ismāʿīl ibn Kathīr, widely regarded as one of the most important and accessible works of Islamic exegesis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur’anic commentary ⓘ
tafsir ⓘ
aimsTo explain Qur’anic verses through Qur’an, hadith, and early reports ⓘ
alternativeTitle Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
author Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUmar ibn Kathīr ⓘ
basedOn Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī ⓘ
linked to: Tafsir al-Tabari
circulation widely printed in multi-volume sets ⓘ
contains legal interpretations of Qur’anic verses ⓘ
narrations about reasons for revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl) ⓘ
reports from Ibn ʿAbbās and other early exegetes ⓘ
theological discussions ⓘ
countryOfComposition Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
dateOfComposition 14th century ⓘ
denominationalOrientation Sunni ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
genre Islamic exegesis ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation Yes ⓘ
historicalContext Mamluk-era Syria ⓘ
influenced later Sunni tafsir literature ⓘ
modern Salafi exegesis ⓘ
juridicalSchool Shāfiʿī ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
language Arabic ⓘ
methodology bi’l-maʾthūr (narration-based exegesis) ⓘ
notableFor extensive use of hadith chains of transmission ⓘ
popularity among Sunni Muslims ⓘ
relative brevity compared to earlier encyclopedic tafsirs ⓘ
reliance on early Islamic authorities ⓘ
placeOfComposition Damascus ⓘ
religiousDiscipline Qur’anic studies ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
scope commentary on the entire Qur’an ⓘ
structure arranged according to the order of Qur’anic surahs ⓘ
theologicalSchool Ashʿarī-influenced ⓘ
translatedInto Bangla ⓘ
linked to: Bengali

English ⓘ
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other modern languages ⓘ
usedBy Sunni scholars and preachers ⓘ
usedIn traditional madrasah curricula ⓘ
usesSourceType Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

hadith ⓘ
sayings of the Companions ⓘ
sayings of the Successors ⓘ
viewedAs accessible tafsir for students and lay readers ⓘ
authoritative Sunni reference work ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic exegesis → hasNotableWork → Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ⓘ
Qur’an 96:1 → hasExegesisIn → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Ibn Kathir → knownFor → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Ibn Kathir → notableWork → Tafsir al-Qurʾan al-ʿAzim ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Ibn Kathir → notableWork → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Tafsir al-Tabari → influenced → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān → influenceOn → Ibn Kathīr’s Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr → alternativeTitle → Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Quran 15:45 → citedIn → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Qur’an 46:29 → hasExegesisIn → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
عِلِّيِّينَ → مذكور_في_مصدر_تفسيري → تفسير ابن كثير ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan → relatedToWork → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr
Quran 83:18 → hasTafsir → Tafsir Ibn Kathir ⓘ
linked to: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr