Dur al-Manthur

Al-Durr Al-Manthur Fi Tafsir Bil-Ma'thur (Arabic: الدر المنثور في التفسير بالماثور‎), The Scattered Pearls: Intertextual Exegesis, is an authoritatve Sunni tafsir (classical scholarly exegesis of the Quran), written by the prominent Imam Jalal al-Din al- Suyuti d. 911H^[1]. The exegesis explains each passage of the Quran by the reports and narrations from the Prophet, his Companions and the immediate generations following the Companions. Imam Suyuti compiled all the reports and narrations that he could gather for each particular passage - even contradictory reports, as can be seen in the narrations gathered explaining verse 33:33:

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Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn 'Asakir have related from 'Ikrimah, May Allah be pleased with him, from Ibn 'Abbas, May Allah be pleased with him and his father, that he said on the Qur'anic verse [Surely, Allah desires only to remove the impurity from you, O People of the Household]: It was revealed about the wives of the Prophet - peace be upon Him - specifically. And Ibn Sa'd related from 'Urwah - May Allah be pleased with him - that he said: [Surely, Allah desires only to remove the impurity from you, O People of the Household], meaning the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him. And Ibn Mardawaih related from Um Salamah, Mother of the Believers, that she said: This verse has been revealed in my house: [Surely, Allah desires only to remove the impurity from you, O People of the Household, and to Purify you completely], and in the house were seven people: Gabriel, Mikail, Ali, Fatimah, Hassan and Hussein, while I was at the door of the house, so I said: O Messenger of Allah, allow me to ask who the People of the Household are? He said: You are going to be fine, since you are among the wives of the Prophet. And Ibn Jarir as well as Ibn Abi Hatim and al-Tabarani narrated from Abi Sa'id al-Khudri, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Peace be upon him, said: This verse has been revealed upon five persons: Myself, 'Ali, Fatimah, Hassan and Hussein: [Surely, Allah desires only to remove the impurity from you, O People of the Household, and to Purify you completely] [2]

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Unlike Al-Tabari, Imam Suyuti completely avoids penning down his personal opinions in the Tafsir nor did he make any private interpretation over any passage of the Quran.

He, however, did that in his other Tafsir work, known as Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which he compiled togethger with his teacher, al-Mahally.

See also

• List of Sunni books

References

1. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Al-Durr al-Manthoor, under commentary of the verse 33:33. The mentioned are selected narrations from the chapter, selected to highlight the contradictive nature of the narrations.

Part of the series on Quranic exegesis v · Sunni: Tafsir ibn Kathir (~1370) Tafsir al-Qurtubi (~1273) Tafsir al-Tabari (~922) Tafsir al-Jalalayn (1460-1505) Tanwir al-Miqbas Shi'a: Tafsir al-Mizan (1892-1981)

Sunni tafsir

Tafsir al-Baghawi Tafsir al-Kabir Dur al-Manthur Tadabbur-i-Quran Ma'ariful Quran Fi zilal al-Quran Tafhim-ul-Quran

Shi'a tafsir

Al-Mizan Fi Tafsir al-Quran Holy Quran (puya) Majma' al-Bayan Nur al-Thaqalayn al-Safi

Ahmadiyya tafsir

Tafseer-e-Kabeer Tafseer-e-Sagheer

Sufi tafsir

Tafsir Ibn Arabi Kashf al-Asrar wa 'Iddat al-Abrar

Mu'tazili tafsir

Al-Kashshaf

Terms

Asbab al-nuzul

External links

• Tafsir Dur al-Mansoor Urdu Translation Complete