The Sciences of Tafsir

From the Tafsir of Ibn Juzayy Kitab at-tashil li ‘ulum at-tanzil

“The Sciences of Tafsir” is translated from Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi’s

Kitab at-Tashil li ‘Ulum at-Tanzil”.

“The author was born in 693 AH. His name was Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad, called al-Qasim, ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi, i.e. from the Arab tribe of Kalb, may Allah be pleased with him and make
him contented, and make the Garden his shelter. He was al-Gharnati (from Granada in Andalusia, Spain) and thus European. Ibn Juzayy wrote widely on all the sciences of his day: hadith, fiqh, Qur’anic recitations and tafsir. He died as a shaheed in the Battle of Tareef in the year 741 AH.”

(from the introduction to “The Sciences of Tafsir”)

The book includes his outline of all of the sciences of commentary on the Qur’an, and his commentary on the isti’adhah, the basmalah, the Fatihah, the last ten surahs of Qur’an from Surat al-Fil to the end, and the first ayat of Surat al-Baqarah.

The following file is PDF – Portable Document Format. I have used this format since it allows me to publish a document with a mix of English and Arabic in it. The book was written and the layout done with Nisus Writer on a Macintosh, but PDF is readable on almost any computer.

The Commentary on the Fatihah from the Sciences
of Tafsir
(84Kb).

The Sciences of Tafsir. This latter contains almost the entire first introduction on the sciences necessary for tafsir, the commentary on the seeking refuge, the basmalah, the last ten surahs, the Fatihah and on the first ayat of Surat al-Baqarah, with a considerable amount of explanatory notes and footnotes. This book is shortly to be issued as an e-book on this site insha’Allah.


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Taqwa – Fear of Allah

Dhikr – Remembrance of Allah

Tawhid – the Unitary Knowledge

Hamd – Praise

Sabr – Patience


Tawbah – Turning to Allah

Khawf and Raja – Fear and Hope

Ma?abbah – Love of Allah


From “al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah” of Ibn Juzayy

The Imamate – the Khalifate

Awqaf or Hubus – Endowments

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Abdassamad Clarke is from Ulster and was formally educated at Edinburgh University in Mathematics and Physics. He accepted Islam at the hands of Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi in 1973, and, at his suggestion, studied Arabic and tajwid and other Islamic sciences in Cairo for a period. In the 80s he was secretary to the imam of the Dublin Mosque, and in the early 90s one of the imams khatib of the Norwich Mosque, and again from 2002-2016. He has translated, edited and typeset a number of classical texts. He currently resides with his wife in Denmark and occasionally teaches there. 14 May, 2023 0:03

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6 Comments

  1. assalaamu alaikum,

    jazakallah khoiran, thank you to share this.
    The PdF i can open it, but the links listed bring me to 404 error.

  2. A.S.

    Any estimate of when Ibn Juzayy Kitab at-Tashil li ‘Ulum at-Tanzil will be completed?

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