Daqaiq al-Tafsir
- Author died
- 728 AH
- Editions
- Mu’assasat ‘Ulūm al-Qur’ān
Daqaiq al-Tafsir (Daqaiq al-Tafsir: al-Jami' li-Tafsir al-Imam Ibn Taymiyya) is a compilation of the Quranic commentary of the Hanbali scholar Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728 AH / 1328 CE), collected and edited by Muhammad al-Sayyid al-Julaynid .
Scope and Method
The work brings together Ibn Taymiyya's exegetical writings and discussions of Quranic verses into a unified arrangement . It exemplifies his exegetical method outlined in his treatise on the principles of exegesis (Muqaddima fi Usul al-Tafsir), which relies on interpreting the Quran first by the Quran, then through prophetic hadith, the statements of the Companions, and the interpretations of the Successors (the tabi'un), alongside reference to the Arabic language in which the Quran was revealed . The material also features Ibn Taymiyya's weighing and preference (tarjih) among differing transmitted views and early commentaries rather than leaving multiple conflicting opinions unresolved .
Context and Critical Assessment
Daqaiq al-Tafsir represents one of several early efforts to assemble Ibn Taymiyya's scattered exegetical writings into a single collection, alongside Iqbal Ahmad al-A'zami's Tafsirat Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim's compilation of the tafsir volumes within Majmu' al-Fatawa, and Abd al-Rahman 'Umayra's al-Tafsir al-Kabir .
Critics and bibliographers have noted that both Daqaiq al-Tafsir and 'Umayra's collection were primarily extracted from the tafsir sections of Majmu' al-Fatawa, rearranging the texts and collating parts against selected manuscripts without adding texts beyond what was already available in Majmu' al-Fatawa . Later scholars pointed out that these earlier compilations remained incomplete and did not fully incorporate all of Ibn Taymiyya's commentary found across his broader corpus, treatises, and the works of his students such as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and Ibn Kathir .
Publication
The work was published by Mu'assasat 'Ulum al-Qur'an in Damascus, with early editions appearing in 1404 AH (1983–1984 CE) and 1406 AH (1985–1986 CE) .
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