Tadabbur-i-Qur'an

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Taddaaur-i-Quran

Tadabbur-i-Qur'an is a tafsir (exegeses) of the Qur'an by Amin Ahsan Islahi based on the concept of thematic and structural coherence, which was originally inspired by Allama Hamiduddin Farahi. The tafsir is extended over nine volumes of six thousand pages. It was originally written in Urdu, but now it is being translated in English.

1 Contents
2 Notes
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

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It expounds each surah as a coherent discourse, arranging surahs into pairs, and establishing seven major surah divisions - the entire Qur'an thus emerges as a well-connected and systematic book.^[1]

Each division has a distinct theme. Topics within a division are more or less in the order of revelation. Within each division, each member of the pair complements the other in various ways. The seven divisions are as follows:

Group	From	To	Central theme
1	Al-Fatiha ^{[Qur'an 1:1]}	Al-Ma'ida ^{[Qur'an 5:1]}	Islamic law
2	Al-An'am ^{[Qur'an 6:1]}	At-Tawba ^{[Qur'an 9:1]}	The consequences of denying Muhammad for the polytheists of Mecca
3	Yunus ^{[Qur'an 10:1]}	An-Nur ^{[Qur'an 24:1]}	Glad tidings of Muhammad's domination
4	Al-Furqan ^{[Qur'an 25:1]}	Al-Ahzab ^{[Qur'an 33:1]}	Arguments on the "prophethood" of Muhammad and the requirements of faith in him
5	Saba ^{[Qur'an 34:1]}	Al-Hujraat ^{[Qur'an 49:1]}	Arguments on monotheism and the requirements of faith in it
6	Qaf ^{[Qur'an 50:1]}	At-Tahrim ^{[Qur'an 66:1]}	Arguments on afterlife and the requirements of faith in it
7	Al-Mulk ^{[Qur'an 67:1]}	An-Nas ^{[Qur'an 114:1]}	Admonition to the Quraysh about their fate in the Herein and the Hereafter if they deny Muhammad

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^ Esposito(2003), p.143

[edit] References

A Brief Biographical Sketch of Islahi, Renaissance - Monthly Islamic Journal, Volume 8, Number 1-2, January & February 1998.
Mir, Mustansir. Coherence in the Qur'an: A Study of Islahi's Concept of Nazm in Tadabbur-i Qur'an. Indianapolis: American Trust Publications, 1986. ISBN 0892590653.
Robinson, Neal. Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text. London: SCM Press, 1996. ISBN 0334026490.
Khalid Masud: Quran e Hakim, A Abridged version of Tadabbur e Quran in one volume
Esposito, John (2003). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195125584.