Muhammad Abd al-Latif al-Khatib
- Died
- 1402 AH
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Muhammad Abd al-Latif al-Khatib (d. 1402 AH / 1982 CE), also recorded as Muhammad Muhammad Abd al-Latif and known as Ibn al-Khatib, was a twentieth-century Egyptian scholar and Qur'anic exegete best known for his concise commentary Awdah al-Tafasir (The Clearest of Exegeses) .
Life and Scholarship
Al-Khatib developed an early devotion to the study of the Qur'an and the examination of the classical heritage of exegesis . In the introduction to the first edition of his work, he recounted that from his youth he engaged in frequent discussions and debates with contemporary scholars and literary figures regarding exegetical traditions and interpretations that appeared inconsistent or problematic, often setting out preferred readings and critical resolutions .
His single-volume exegesis, Awdah al-Tafasir, was published in Cairo by al-Matba'a al-Misriyya and went through numerous reprintings, becoming one of the widely circulated modern concise commentaries on the Qur'an .
Al-Khatib died in 1402 AH (1982 CE) .
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Awdah al-Tafasir (The Clearest of Exegeses) is a concise, single-volume Arabic commentary on the Qur'an. It aims to provide readers with the essential substance and distilled insights of classical authorities while stripping away spurious narratives, Jewish folkloric interpolations, and fabricated traditions, prioritizing a direct explanation of meanings without protracted grammatical dissection.