Tafsir ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 4 (2007 Edition)

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This is Volume 4 of 4 set book Preface: All praise is due to Allah who guided us to Islam and we would not have been thereto guided unless Allah has guided us, and peace and blessings be upon our Master Muhammad (PBUH) whom Allah has sent with guidance and the true religion. O Allah! Send our prayers upon our Master Muhammad and upon his household, Companions and those who follow in his footsteps righteously and perfectly. To proceed, I have been studying books of interpretation of the Glorious Quran, but in two versions I found them, either prolonged that would make it hard to cover it all, or abridged in a way as not to include all that the interpreter seeks. I concluded that the interpretation of the Noble Quran by the prestigious Imam Al-Hafiz Imad Ad-Din Abi Al-Feda Ibn Kathir Ad-Dimashqi (774 A.H.) is such a comprehensive reference wherein one finds knowledge, narration, the mentioning of the verse and the hadith of the same concept or that which thereto refers, Occasions of revelation, Sirah (Prophet’s Biography), biography of Imams, transmission of hadith and more of that with which Almighty Allah has bestowed upon the Sheikh (may Allah rest his soul) of eloquence and demonstrative data that he has been keen to state therein his interpretation to be read by the Muslim nation generation after generation. This interpretation in hand has been sought after because of being blessed by Allah for being effectual in Muslim’s hearts, easy to acquire, of easy phrases and form, of purport and clear-cut approach as it grants the meaning with such simplicity and explicitness. When reading this book, you will surely be captivated by such an obsessive narration; helplessly and interestingly enough, you will pursue from verse to its meaning (reference), to its coherent noble hadith, to the command implied, to the Shar’i ruling, to the wisdom thereof; hence, enjoying such permanent pleasure of being acquainted with the best outcome of the scholars of the first, second and th