al-Azab al-Namir min Majalis al-Shinqiti fi al-Tafsir
- Author died
- 1393 AH
- Editions
- Dār ‘Aṭā’āt al-‘Ilm
Al-Azab al-Namir min Majalis al-Shinqiti fi al-Tafsir (The Sweet, Wholesome Source from al-Shinqiti's Gatherings on Exegesis) is a five-volume work of Quranic commentary compiled from the transcribed oral exegesis lessons delivered by the Mauritanian scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1325–1393 AH / 1907–1974 CE) .
Origin and Scope
The material of the book originated from live teaching gatherings and audio recordings of al-Shinqiti's exegesis lessons, notably those delivered in the Prophet's Mosque . It represents a transcription of his recorded spoken lectures rather than a text written by his own hand, preserving his extensive oral expositions on Quranic verses . The work was prepared, edited, and annotated by the contemporary scholar Khalid ibn Uthman al-Sabt as part of a wider project to publish the collected scholarly heritage of al-Shinqiti under the general supervision of Bakr ibn Abd Allah Abu Zayd .
Method and Preparation
In preparing the text, al-Sabt gathered available recorded copies and transcribed the cassette tapes, verifying the written transcription by collating it against the original audio recordings at least twice for every cassette . The editorial work involved:
- Numbering the Quranic verses and documenting hadiths, historical reports (athar), and poetic citations from their original sources .
- Providing source citations in footnotes for the linguistic, morphological, rhetorical, grammatical, and legal rules and variant readings cited orally by al-Shinqiti .
- Clarifying obscure vocabulary and terms with low contemporary circulation .
Publication and Editions
The book was first published in five volumes in 1424 AH by Dar Ibn al-Qayyim in Dammam and Dar Ibn 'Affan in Cairo . It was subsequently included as volumes two through six within the nineteen-volume collected works series Athar al-Shaykh al-'Allamah Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti, published in Mecca by Dar 'Alam al-Fawa'id in 1426 AH .
For the second edition, the editor incorporated revisions based on clearer audio recordings, restoring passages omitted from the first edition due to weak sound quality; these restorations included several pages of commentary on verse 114 of Surat al-An'am and an expansion of over twenty pages covering verses 67 to 70 of Surat al-Tawbah . Later editions were released jointly by Dar 'Ata'at al-'Ilm in Riyadh and Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut .
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