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... blind Tabii scholar of Basra renowned for his knowledge of tafsir and hadith.
...tudent and freed slave of Ibn Abbas, a leading authority on tafsir.
Author of the monumental Tafsir at-Tabari and Tarikh at-Tabari, the most comprehensive clas...
Author of the monumental Tafsir at-Tabari and Tarikh at-Tabari (History of Prophets and Kin...
Author of Maalim at-Tanzil (tafsir) and Sharh as-Sunnah, called the Reviver of the Sunnah.
Author of al-Kashshaf, a tafsir renowned for its unparalleled analysis of Arabic rhetoric a...
Author of Mafatih al-Ghayb (at-Tafsir al-Kabir), a monumental tafsir rich in theological and phil...
Author of al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran, a major tafsir focused on legal rulings derived from the Quran.
Author of al-Kashshaf, a Quran commentary celebrated for its masterful analysis of Arabic rhetoric an...
...t-Tanzil wa-Asrar at-Ta'wil, one of the most widely studied tafsirs in Islamic seminaries. A Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theolo...
Author of Ihkam al-Ahkam, a commentary on Umdat al-Ahkam, combining Shafii and Maliki perspectives...
...oncise fiqh manual, and Madarik at-Tanzil, a widely studied tafsir.
Author of Riyad as-Salihin, the Forty Hadith, and the commentary on Sahih Muslim.
...ored at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzil, a concise and widely read tafsir, and al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah, a comparative fiqh manual. Di...
Author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir and al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, among the most widel...
Author of the most authoritative commentary on al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah. A Hanafi jurist who explained T...
A major Hanbali scholar, author of Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam (commentary on the 40+2 hadith of Nawawi).
Author of Umdat al-Qari, a major Hanafi commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari.
Author of Fath al-Bari, the most authoritative commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari.
Author of Fath al-Qadir, a major Hanafi commentary combining narration-based and reason-based approaches.
Shafii scholar who began Tafsir al-Jalalayn, later completed by his student as-Suyuti.
... Shafi'i authority. Authored commentaries on major works of tafsir, hadith, fiqh, and Arabic grammar that became standard semi...
...uthors in Islamic history with over 500 works, co-author of Tafsir al-Jalalayn.
...r of Irshad as-Sari li-Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, an acclaimed commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari that synthesizes earlier commentaries. ...
...of Mecca who authored Mirqat al-Mafatih, the most extensive commentary on Mishkat al-Masabih. Also wrote important works on hadith...
... on an-Nawawi's Minhaj at-Talibin, and as-Siraj al-Munir, a tafsir of the Quran. Both are foundational Shafi'i references.
Yemeni scholar and author of Subul as-Salam, a major commentary on hadith of legal rulings.
...ian Maliki jurist and author of ash-Sharh al-Kabir, a major commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil. Also authored Aqrab al-Masalik, a conc...
... Maliki jurist and author of the Hashiyat ad-Dusuqi, a supercommentary on ad-Dardir's Sharh al-Kabir. His work is considered one o...
...scholar and author of Nayl al-Awtar, a comprehensive hadith commentary on legal rulings.
...of Ruh al-Ma'ani, one of the most comprehensive and erudite tafsirs ever written. The Mufti of Baghdad who drew from virtually...
Indian hadith scholar and author of Awn al-Ma'bud, a major commentary on Sunan Abu Dawud that remains one of the most referenced ...
Author of Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, a major commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi.
...kim al-Ummah (Sage of the Ummah). Author of Bayan al-Quran (tafsir) and Bahishti Zewar, a widely read guide to Islamic practic...
...f Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, the most comprehensive and widely used commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi. An Indian scholar of the Ahl al-Hadith...
...arul Uloom Deoband. Known for his extraordinary memory, his commentary Fayd al-Bari on Sahih al-Bukhari, and mastery of both ratio...
Author of Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman, a widely studied tafsir known for its clarity and accessibility.
...olar and author of Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman, a widely read tafsir known for its clarity and accessibility. He was the primary...
... of Fi Zilal al-Quran, an influential literary and thematic tafsir.
Author of Adwa al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran by the Quran, a Mauritanian polymat...
Mauritanian scholar and author of Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran through the Quran itself. A master ...
...f Saudi Arabia. Known for his teaching, fatwa work, and his commentary on Sunni creed texts.
A major Hanbali scholar known for his extensive commentary on jurisprudence and theology.
...sprudence comparing all four madhabs. Also authored a major tafsir, at-Tafsir al-Munir.
...f the Islamic University of Medina. Known for his extensive commentary on Sunan Abu Dawud and other hadith works.
...and political figure, known for his major Quran commentary 'Tafsir al-Azhar.'
...us,' the largest Arabic dictionary, and 'Ithaf as-Sadah,' a commentary on al-Ghazali's Ihya.
...m of Guidance' for his works on practical piety and Quranic exegesis.
...nd author of 'at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzil,' a popular Quran commentary, and 'al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah' on comparative fiqh.
...n and mufassir, author of 'al-Bahr al-Muhit,' a major Quran commentary focused on Arabic grammar.
...olar celebrated for his extraordinary memory and his hadith commentary 'Fayd al-Bari,' a masterwork on Sahih al-Bukhari.
...in Southeast Asia, producing the first complete Malay Quran commentary.
Yemeni scholar and author of 'Subul as-Salam,' the famous commentary on Ibn Hajar's 'Bulugh al-Maram' on hadiths of legal ruling...
...n scholar and author of 'Fayd al-Qadir,' the most extensive commentary on as-Suyuti's 'al-Jami as-Saghir' hadith collection.
...d mufassir, author of 'Ruh al-Bayan,' a comprehensive Quran commentary blending exoteric and esoteric interpretation.
Ottoman Hanafi scholar, author of 'Bariqa Mahmudiyyah,' a commentary on 'at-Tariqa al-Muhammadiyyah' on Islamic ethics and pract...
...from Aleppo, author of 'at-Taqrir wat-Tahbir,' an important commentary on Hanafi usul al-fiqh.
Moroccan Maliki scholar of Fez and author of a commentary on the Mukhtasar of Khalil, an important reference in Malik...
...i Grand Imam of al-Azhar, author of the most widely studied commentary on Khalil's Mukhtasar.
...mentary on hadiths of legal rulings, and 'Fath al-Qadir' in tafsir.
...olar, author of 'Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi,' the most comprehensive commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi.
...Islamic reformer, student of Muhammad Abduh, and author of 'Tafsir al-Manar,' an influential rationalist Quran commentary.
...fti, author of 'at-Tahrir wat-Tanwir,' a major modern Quran commentary, and pioneering work on maqasid ash-shari'ah.
...ian Azhari scholar and author of 'Fath al-Mun'im,' a modern commentary on Sahih Muslim.
...mic encyclopedists (544-606 AH), whose Mafatih al-Ghayb (al-Tafsir al-Kabir) is the most comprehensive rationalist tafsir in I...
...er 500 works across virtually every Islamic discipline. His tafsir al-Jalalayn (co-authored with al-Mahalli), al-Itqan fi Ulum...
...lars of the 20th century (1347-1421 AH), whose multi-volume Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim, Sharh al-Mumti in fiqh, and hundreds of ...
...c author and fatawa issuer, his works in aqeedah (including commentary on Kitab al-Tawhid), fiqh, and hadith are widely used in Sa...
...mufti of Baghdad (1217-1270 AH), author of the encyclopedic tafsir Ruh al-Ma'ani — one of the most comprehensive Quranic comme...
...grating from West Africa. His multi-volume Adwa al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran bi al-Quran is one of the most important modern ta...
...or of Mughni al-Muhtaj, the most widely taught Shafi'i fiqh commentary.
...holar, author of numerous widely-read Arabic works on fiqh, tafsir, and hadith.
...fi'i scholar, author of I'anat al-Talibin, the most popular commentary on the Shafi'i primer Fath al-Mu'in.
...Africa, called 'Imam of Imams,' known for his authoritative commentary on Sahih Muslim.
...tury AH, author of Mawahib al-Jalil, the most comprehensive commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil.
...liki scholar, author of al-Bahjah fi Sharh al-Tuhfah, a key commentary in the Moroccan Maliki tradition.
... author of Kanz al-Daqa'iq (a foundational Hanafi text) and Tafsir al-Nasafi (Madarik al-Tanzil).
...ator, author of al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil and an important Quran tafsir, son of Abu Hatim al-Razi.
... AH, author of al-Kashf wa al-Bayan, an early comprehensive tafsir.
...ologian and polymath, author of Mafatih al-Ghayb (the Great Commentary), one of the most encyclopedic Quran commentaries.
...f al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir (the most significant modern Quran commentary) and Maqasid al-Shariah.
Egyptian literary critic turned Islamic thinker, author of Fi Zilal al-Quran and Milestones; highly influential but also highly controversial in his later writi
...r who taught in Medina and authored Adwa al-Bayan, a unique tafsir that explains the Quran through other Quranic verses.
...udent of Ibn Taymiyya, author of the most widely-read Quran tafsir (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) and al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (history).
...of the Ottoman Empire for 30 years; author of a major Quran commentary.
Important early Tabi'i scholar of Basra; one of the earliest interpreters of the Quran among the Tabi'in.
Important Tabi'i scholar of Madinah; one of the earliest Quran commentators and a key link in the Maliki chain.
Yemeni jurist and hadith scholar who advocated direct derivation from Quran and Sunnah without strict adherence to a single madhab.
...er of hadith studies in India; author of Ashi'at al-Lam'at (commentary on Mishkat) and introducer of formal hadith scholarship to ...
... Hanafi scholar from Herat who settled in Makkah; known for commentary on Mishkat al-Masabih and works on aqeedah.
...thor of Nazm al-Faraid (a summary of Hanafi theology) and a commentary on al-Manar in usul al-fiqh.
...test Hanafi jurists of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi leg...
...0th century. His Adwa' al-Bayan is the most thorough modern tafsir that explains the Quran solely by the Quran and Sunnah.
... and Tarikh al-Tabari are the foundational works of Quranic exegesis and Islamic history respectively.
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of the 20th-21st centuries. Author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa-Adillatuh, the most comprehensive modern encyclopedia of compara
...he famous Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, a literary and historical commentary on 'Ali ibn Abi Talib's sayings.
The foremost Quranic scholar among the Companions. Known as 'the Sea' of knowledge and 'Tarjuman al-Quran' (Interpreter of the Quran). The Prophet ﷺ prayed for
Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commenta...
...jurist of Baghdad. His Ahkam al-Quran is the primary Hanafi commentary on Quranic legal verses.
...holar of al-Andalus. His Ahkam al-Quran is the major Maliki commentary on Quranic legal verses.
...rrar al-Wajiz is the most scholarly Arabic-language Quranic commentary of al-Andalus.
Khorasan Sufi scholar who compiled the earliest known Sufi tafsir of the Quran.
Khorasan Shafi'i scholar known for his tafsir Ma'alim al-Tanzil and the hadith collection Masabih al-Sunn...
...r and prolific author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh and Tafsir al-Munir.
... AH / 1790 CE), best known for his encyclopedic hashiyah on Tafsir al-Jalalayn titled al-Futuhat al-Ilahiyyah.
...extraordinary memory and was a leading authority in Quranic tafsir and Arabic philology.
Leading jurist of Yemen and one of the senior Tabi'un. A close student of Ibn Abbas, he was known for his piety, asceticism, and deep knowledge of fiqh. He met
...Ibn Abbas thirty times asking about every verse, making his tafsir the most authoritative of his era.
...s and Ibn Masud's students, known for his extensive Quranic exegesis.
... the Banu Qurayza tribe, renowned for his deep knowledge of tafsir and broad learning.
...narrator of the Tabi'un generation, known for his extensive tafsir transmitted widely in the East.