فِي رِيَاضِ تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ الْكَرِيمِ
Fī Riyāḍ Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-Karīm
The complete Arabic text of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse’s commentary on the Qurʾān — all 56 lessons, digitally edited for the first time. English translation in progress.
Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (1900–1975) · Kaolack, Senegal · 10 volumes, 56 majālis
فهرس الآيات القرآنية
Commentary by Verse
He commented on the Qurʾān in more than the tafsīr — in fatwās, letters, poetry and the recordings. Look up an āya and see every place it survives, each entry dated and marked for what he is doing with the verse.
From the opening of the tafsīr
Lesson 1 · Al-Istiʿādha, Basmala, and Sūrat al-Fātiḥa · Q. 1:1–2:5
ينبغي لكل شارع في فن أن يعرف مبادئه، حدّه، وحدُّ هذا الفن علم تعرف به معاني كلام الله، واسمه علم التفسير. والتفسير والتأويل ليسا على معنى واحد، التفسير معناه ما يفسر كلام اللّٰه تبارك وتعالى من جهة المنقول، والتأويل ما يؤيد احتمال الكلام لمعنى به من جهة العقل. لابد من النقل في التفسير، لأن القرآن يقول للرسول صلى اللّٰه عليه وسلم «لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ»، فلهذا يعتمد في التفسير ما فسر به الرسول صلى اللّٰه عليه وسلم. وإذا لم يوجد نقل عن الرسول صلى اللّٰه عليه وسلم فيقبل التفسير بالمعقول، لأن اللّٰه تبارك وتعالى يقول: «قُرْءَناً عَرَبِيّاْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ»، هذه الآية أعطتنا أن نتعقل حتى نفهم معنى كلام اللّٰه تبارك وتعالى. سئل علي كرم اللّٰه وجهه:
Anyone who undertakes to enter upon any discipline must know its foundational principles, its definition, and the definition of this science. The definition of this science is the knowledge by which the meanings of the speech of Allah are understood, and its name is the science of tafsīr (exegesis). Tafsīr and taʾwīl are not one and the same in meaning. Tafsīr means the explanation of the speech of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, from the perspective of what has been transmitted. Taʾwīl means [explanation] through the exercise of reason (al-ʿaql). Both tafsīr and taʾwīl must rest upon transmission or reason, [and the Prophet] ﷺ forbade the interpretation of the Qur'ān based upon personal opinion (al-raʾy). No one should interpret the Qur'ān by his own desire without [knowledge] transmitted to him.
When ʿAlī, may Allah honor his face, was asked: "Do you possess a book that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ singled out for the People of the House?" He replied: "No,
Lesson 1 also carries Tafsīr al-Jalālayn and Rūḥ al-Bayān verse by verse.
State of the edition
Counted from the edition files at build time
Arabic text of the tafsīr Transcribed and proofed from the ten-volume compiled edition | 56 / 56 |
Recorded audio Arabic and Wolof | 30 / 56 |
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn alongside English | 30 / 56 |
English translation Lessons 1–5 | 5 / 56 |
Full comparative apparatus Jalālayn and Rūḥ al-Bayān in Arabic, verse by verse | 1 / 56 |
The Arabic edition is complete and citable. Everything below it is in progress, and each lesson page marks which layers are present.