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Tafseer Razi - Lesson 3 - The Books of Tafaseer
10/2 Shaykh Van Ael

0:00 Introduction
1:28 First group - what does the word/sentence mean?
1:38 Book: most famous tafseer book - Tafseer Al-Jalalayn - one of the shortest
2:15 Book: Hashiya Al-Sawi ‘ala tafseer Al-Jalalayn- explains a lot of grammar
2:58 Book: Kalimat Al-Quran - Sheikh Hasanein Mohammad Makhlouf (Azhar) - (to memorize)
3:40 Book: Tafsir of Sheikh Al-Ashqar (Jordan) - Zubdat at Tafsir, the abridged version of Tafsir ash-Shawkani *
4:32 Book: Al Nukat Wal Uyuun Tafsir - Imam Al-Mawardi (to memorize)
5:00 Book mentions all the different meanings of words according to Ulumat
6:00 Important not to exclude the possible meaning
7:15 If Prophet (saw) did not explain verses,it is for a reason - deduct solutions for contemporary problems
7:36 Majority of verses not explained by the Prophet
8:23 Some wrongly claim that one verse is correct and the rest are deviant
8:40 If scholars from before did not not reach a consensus, we will not be able to agree
8:45 Goal is not to agree upon everything but rather to learn to live with differences
9:09 Debate topics and not people
9:21 Allah (swt) has not asked us to judge people
13:32 Insaan has more than 27 meanings
15:03 Book: Summarized version - Al Nukat Wal Uyuun Tafsir - Imam Al-Mawardi
15:07 Book: Imam Al-Tabari - Al Nukat Wal Uyuun Tafsir
15:20 Book: May add Basa’ir Thau’atameez - Imam Al-Fairouz Abadi (Linguist) *
20:48 - Shidda is referring to repetition
21:26 Referring to the Quran with merely “who” shows the strength of the Quran
24:24 Due to structure, it is impossible to translate the Quran word for word
29:47 Projecting a situation from 1400 years ago and applying out of context
30:48 Cannot interpret verses without knowing tafsir
31:18 Asbaab an-Nuzool books - they look for the reason of revelation
31:58 Book: Asbab an-Nuzul of Imam Suyuti
33:53 Book: Tafsir of Abu Al-Su’ud - Irsyad al ‘aql al-salim (Grammatical and linguistic)
34:20 Book: Na’thmu Dura’ar - Imam al Bikahi *
34:30 Book: Al-Tahrir wa-al-Tanwir-Tafsir Ibn Ashour (prerequisite: profound level of Arabic language)
35:04 Book: Al-Kashshaaf 'an Haqa'iq at-Tanzil - Al-Zamakhshari
35:12 We will take language from Imam Zamakhshari but not Aqeedah
36:45 Cannot do tafsir without a deep understanding of the Arabic language
36:52 To learn tafsir, first learn through scholars and not first by books
37:08 Teaching of Islam has historically always been through scholars
37:31 Wives of Rasulullah were ordered in surah 33 to teach people
37:38 Ayesha (RA) narrated the most narrations of Rasulullah after Abu Hurairah
37:53 Ayesha (RA) differed with Sahabah on more than 127 issues
38:00 Sahabah would ask Ayesha (RA) for advice
38:45 Shaykh’s female scholars surpassed the male scholars
39:14 We are in need of female scholars today
39:45 We need two different approaches (male and female) that merges together to become one
42:48 Erroneously use terms from other religions to describe what our (Quranic) Arabic words mean in English
43:06 These terms are not in harmony with essence of meaning
45:08 Straighten my soul v Pray
45:50 Five times - Shaykh’s free prayer course - fivetimes.org
47:23 Muslims believe that breathing and beating of our hearts is controlled by the divine
48:00 Allah (swt) only one who is rightly so worshipped - Ma’abudi bil Haq
50:55 Start recitation first with eliminating shaytan and then absorbing the divine message
54:17 Saying Bismillah before a sin is mocking religion
57:49 Allah (swt) cannot be blamed for the suffering in the world because He has shown us how to treat people
58:50 If everyone were to pay zakat 2.5%, poverty would disappear overnight
59:46 Many non-muslims do more for the muslims and the world
1:00:30 No showing off (riyaa) in giving zakat because that money is not ours
1:03:17 Disingenuity in seeking to help Ummah after multiple Umrah/Hajj trips
1:04:39 Muslims must take responsibility
1:06:12 You can change something - small sum per month to make someone happy
1:08:30 You can be a good Samaritan from your sofa
1:09:50 If you love someone for the sake of Allah swt, let them know
1:11:15 Word love appears very often in the Quran and Sunnah