''Al-Durr Al-Manthur Fi Tafsir Bil-Ma'thur'' () is a
Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
tafsir
Tafsir ( ; ) refers to an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' (; plural: ). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or commentary for clear understanding ...
(exegesis or commentary of the
Qur'an
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, the holy book of Islam) written by the prominent
Imam
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Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911
AH (1505
AD), who also co-wrote the ''
Tafsir al-Jalalayn''. The exegesis explains each passage of the Qur'an by the
reports and narrations from the
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam () are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets are categorized as messengers (; sing. , ), those who transmit divine revelation, mos ...
Muhammad
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, his
companions and the
immediate generations following the Companions. Suyuti compiled all the reports and narrations that he could gather for
each particular passage. The work was also mandatory for study in the
Ottoman curriculum
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.
[Treasures of Knowledge: An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3-1503/4) (2 Vols): Volume I: Essays / Volume II: Transliteration and Facsimile "Register of Books" (Kitāb Al-kutub), MS Török F. 59; Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtára Keleti Gyűjtemény (Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). (2019). Niederlande: Brill. p. 281]
See also
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List of Sunni books
This is a list of significant books in the doctrines of Sunni Islam. A classical example of an index of Islamic books can be found in Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.
The Qur'an
Qur'anic translations ''(in English)''
Some notable & famous ...
References
External links
Tafsir Dur al-Mansoor Urdu Translation Complete
Sunni tafsir
Books by al-Suyuti
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