Tafsir al-Qurtubi Vol. 7 S¿rat al-An¿m - Cattle & S¿rat al-Ar¿f - The Ramparts

The tafs¿r of al-Qur¿ub¿ is perhaps one of the most compendious of them all and is certainly among the most famous. As its title, al-J¿mi' li A¿k¿m al-Qur'¿n - The General Judgments of the Qur'an, suggests, its main focus is on the rulings and judgments to be found in the Qur'¿n. However, in the course of doing that, al-Qur¿ub¿ examines all the relevant sciences necessary, such as the ¿ad¿th pertaining to the ¿yahs, events in the s¿rah, what the Companions, their Followers and other noted people of knowledge said about the ¿yahs, essential aspects of Arabic etymology, syntax and usage, copiously illustrated by examples, and much more. This volume covers S¿rat al-An'¿m - Cattle & S¿rat al-A'r¿f - The Ramparts. S¿rat al-An'¿m was revealed all at once except for six ¿yahs - because it constitutes a single argument - and it was accompanied by seventy thousand angels. It provides the basic premises for arguing against many false positions. U¿¿l ad-d¿n is founded on it because it contains clear ¿yahs that refute the Qadariyyah proponents of free-will who deny the decree. S¿rat al-A'r¿f tells the stories of many of the Prophets and then treats the account of M¿s¿ and H¿r¿n with Fir'awn and the Egyptians and then with Bani Israel at some length.