Tafsir al-Jalalayn and the Best of the Tafsirs
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The questioner:
Inquiring about the book Tafsir al-Jalalayn for the Qur'an.
The Shaykh:
Tafsir al-Jalalayn is by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, and his teacher al-Mahalli. For this reason, it is called Tafsir al-Jalalayn, meaning al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti. It is a concise and useful tafsir. However, it contains errors regarding the attributes, as it interprets the attributes according to the methodology of their teachers. Nevertheless, al-Jalalayn is useful and relied upon, but one should not take from it the discussion of matters of attributes and creed, because they are Ash'aris.
The questioner:
And what is the best of these tafsirs to read?
The Shaykh:
The best of the tafsirs is the detailed one by Ibn Jarir, the concise one by Ibn Kathir, and al-Baghawi. These are the best. Recently, the tafsir of Shaykh Ibn Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him) has been added, and it is a good and easy tafsir as well. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Shaykh,
Inquiring about the book Tafsir al-Jalalayn for the Qur'an.
The Shaykh:
Tafsir al-Jalalayn is by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, and his teacher al-Mahalli. For this reason, it is called Tafsir al-Jalalayn, meaning al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti. It is a concise and useful tafsir. However, it contains errors regarding the attributes, as it interprets the attributes according to the methodology of their teachers. Nevertheless, al-Jalalayn is useful and relied upon, but one should not take from it the discussion of matters of attributes and creed, because they are Ash'aris.
The questioner:
And what is the best of these tafsirs to read?
The Shaykh:
The best of the tafsirs is the detailed one by Ibn Jarir, the concise one by Ibn Kathir, and al-Baghawi. These are the best. Recently, the tafsir of Shaykh Ibn Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him) has been added, and it is a good and easy tafsir as well. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Shaykh,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/069 — archive.org (4:53)
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