al-Tafsir al-Wasit - Majma al-Buhuth
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al-Tafsir al-Wasit (The Intermediate Interpretation) is a collaborative contemporary commentary on the Quran prepared by a select committee of scholars from al-Azhar under the supervision of the Islamic Research Academy (Majma al-Buhuth al-Islamiyyah) in Cairo .
Background and Purpose
The Islamic Research Academy, founded under Law No. 103 of 1961 regulating al-Azhar, initiated the project as part of its scholarly initiatives . Rather than merely abridging classical exegeses, the academy opted to compile an intermediate commentary to address the needs of modern readers . A central aim of the project was to safeguard readers from ungrounded narratives (isra'iliyyat) and baseless traditions that had accumulated in classical extended commentaries .
Methodology and Classification
The work is categorized as a leading modern example of holistic exegesis (al-tafsir al-ijmali), designed to provide a lucid, middle-ground explanation of the Quranic text . The project has been examined in contemporary scholarly literature as an important milestone in the evolution of modern Egyptian Quranic studies .
Publication
The work was issued under the supervision of the Islamic Research Academy and printed in Cairo by the General Authority for Amiriyyah Printing Affairs (al-Hay'ah al-'Ammah li-Shu'un al-Matabi' al-Amiriyyah) in its first edition across the years 1393–1414 AH (1973–1993 CE) .
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