[مراجعات] 📘 ❞ Usool At Tafseer ❝ كتاب ــ أبو أمينة بلال فيليبس

عن كتاب Usool At Tafseer:
An Excellent Gift to Students of Islamic Sciences Literally translated ’The Fundamental Principles of Qur’aanic Interpretation,’ this book refers to the branches of knowledge which are necessary to provide an accurate interpretation of the Qur’anic texts, such as Arabic grammar and syntax, Arabic literature and Qur’anic sciences ’uloom alQur’aan . Addressed topics include the Tafseer of the Qur’an, books of tafseer, translations of the Qur’an, Wahy ’divine revelation’ , reasons for revelation, the differences between Makkan and Madinan revelations, Naskh, the Muhkam and Mutashaabih, and more



he title of this book, Usool at-Tafseer (lit. The Fundamental Principles of
Qur’aanic Interpretation), essentially refers to the branches of knowledge
which are necessary to provide an accurate interpretation of the Qur’aanic
texts, such as Arabic grammar and syntax, Arabic literature and Qur’aanic
sciences (‘uloom al-Qur’aan). Familiarity with modern fields of learning, like the
pure sciences and social sciences, is also necessary for a commentator in this era

to make the Qur’aanic explanations relevant to modern human society. Usool at-
Tafseer addresses the actual step-by-step methodology of interpreting the Qur’aan

to ensure that interpretations are not merely the result of human whims and
fancies. These subjects were traditionally mentioned in the books of usool al-fiqh
(The Fundamental Principles of Islaamic Law) and the introductions to the
classical books of Tafseer.
Among the most well known early works dedicated to the subject of Usool
at-Tafseer is a treatise called Muqaddimah fee Usool at-Tafseer,
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done by the

outstanding scholar of the 13th century CE, Ibn Taymeeyah.2

Of the latter day
works, that of the Indian scholar, ‘Abdul-Hameed al-Faraahee, is perhaps the
most notable. He entitled his work, at-Takmeel fee Usool at-Ta’weel.
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The more commonly used term, ‘uloom al-Qur’aan, refers to all the fields of
knowledge which serve to elucidate the Qur’aan or which are derived from it.
Included among them are knowledge of tafseer (exegesis), qiraa’aat (recitations),
ar-rasmul-‘Uthmaanee (the ‘Uthmaanic script), i‘jaaz al-Qur’aan (miraculous
aspects of the Qur’aan), asbaab an-nuzool (reasons for revelation), an-naasikh
wal-mansookh (abrogating and abrogated verses), i‘raab al-Qur’aan (Qur’aanic
grammar), ghareeb al-Qur’aan (unusual Qur’aanic terms), religious rulings, and
Arabic language and literature.4.