Nawahid al-Abkar wa Shawarid al-Afkar = Hashiyat al-Suyuti ala Tafsir al-Baydawi
- Author died
- 911 AH
- Editions
- Umm Al-Qura University - Faculty of Da'wah and Usul al-Din
Nawahid al-Abkar wa Shawarid al-Afkar (The Budding Maidens and Stray Thoughts), also known as Hashiyat al-Suyuti ala Tafsir al-Baydawi, is a supercommentary (hashiya) by al-Jalal al-Suyuti (849–911 AH / 1445–1505 CE) on the Quranic commentary Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil by Nasir al-Din al-Baydawi (d. 685 AH / 1286 CE).
Scope and Contents
Al-Suyuti opens the work by noting that exegesis in the earliest era of Islam was restricted to audition and direct transmission, preserved orally and revolving around narrative reports. In his gloss, al-Suyuti engaged with al-Baydawi's interpretations, linguistic discussions, and poetical citations. The author noted that he reached the end of Surah al-An'am in his composition of the hashiya.
Manuscripts of the text are preserved in libraries such as the Zahiriyyah Library in Damascus, where an eleventh-century AH manuscript is cataloged under number 477 (Tafsir 81), featuring rubrics in red ink and marginal annotations.
Academic Edition
The available portion of the work was edited as doctoral dissertations in the Department of the Qur'an and Sunnah at the College of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at Umm al-Qura University and published in three volumes (1424 AH / 2005 CE):
- Volume 1: From the beginning of the book through Surah al-Baqarah (verse 20), edited by Ahmad Haj Muhammad Uthman under the supervision of Amin Muhammad Atiyyah Basha.
- Volume 2: From Surah al-Baqarah (verse 21) through Surah Al 'Imran (verse 112), edited by Muhammad Kamal Ali under the supervision of Amin Muhammad Atiyyah Basha.
- Volume 3: From Surah Al 'Imran (verse 113) through Surah al-Tawbah (verse 48), edited by Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ali al-Darubi under the supervision of Sulayman al-Sadiq al-Birah.
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