Introduction to the Tafsir of Tabari. Translation from Arabic and Commentary. Part 1
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-1-27-46
Abstract
This publication presents the first part of the commented translation into Russian of the Introduction (muqaddima) to the tafasir “Jami‘ al-bayan ‘an ta’wil al- Qur’an” [The Comprehensive Exposition of the interpretation of the Qur’an] by Muhammad ibn Jarir at- Tabari (839–923). This multi- volume work is one of the first complete written commentaries on the Qur’an. For many centuries it has had unquestionable authority among Muslim theologians and religious scholars in Islamic studies. In the Introduction to the tafsir for the first time in history of Muslim science, is detailed the theory and methodology of Qur’anic exegesis. This exposition became the basis for all subsequent Sunni interpretations of the Muslim Holy Scripture. The presented part contains translation of the preface, which describes the importance, goals and objectives of tafsir, as well as of the first two chapters devoted to the Arabic language as the language of the Qur’an and to the words “that coincide in the speech of the Arabs and the languages of other peoples”.
Keywords
Ibn Jarir al- Tabari,
Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir),
Qur’anic studies,
Islamic theology,
Islamic studies,
Qur’an,
Islam
УДК: 297.18
About the Authors
D. V. Frolov
Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. FROLOV, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sci. (Philol.), professor, head of the Department of Arabic Philology
bld. 1, 11, Mokhovaya Str., Moscow, 125009
I. A. Zaripov
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Islam A. ZARIPOV, Cand. Sci. (Hist.), senior researcher, Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies
12, Rozhdestvenka Str., Moscow, 107031
References
1. Az- Zirikli, Khair ad- Din (2002). Al- A‘lam [Eminent Personalities]. Vol. 1–8. Beirut.
2. As- Suyuti, Jalal ad- Din (2000). Sovershenstvo v koranicheskikh naukakh. Vyp. 1. Uchenie o tolkovanii Korana. [Perfection in the Qur’anic Sciences. Issue 1. The Doctrine of the Interpretation of the Qur’an]. Moscow: Muravei.
3. As- Suyuti, Jalal ad- Din (2003). Sovershenstvo v koranicheskikh naukakh. Vyp. 3. Uchenie o svode Korana [Perfection in the Qur’anic Sciences. Issue 3. The Doctrine of the Code of the Qur’an]. Moscow: Muravei.
4. As- Suyuti, Jalal ad- Din (2005). Sovershenstvo v koranicheskikh naukakh. Vyp. 4. Uchenie o ponimaniismyslov Korana [Perfection in the Qur’anic Sciences. Issue 4. The Doctrine of Understanding the Meanings of the Qur’an]. Moscow: Vostok — Zapad.
5. As- Suyuti, Jalal ad- Din (2011). Sovershenstvo v koranicheskikh naukakh. Vyp. 6. Uchenie o stilistike Korana (1) [Perfection in the Qur’anic Sciences. Issue 6. Teaching about the Style of the Qur’an (1)]. Moscow: Vostochnaya kniga.
6. As- Suyuti, Jalal ad- Din (2016). Sovershenstvo v koranicheskikh naukakh. Vyp. 7. Uchenie o stilistike Korana (2) [Perfection in the Qur’anic Sciences. Issue 6. Teaching about the Style of the Qur’an (2)]. Moscow: VKN.
7. As- Suyuti, Jalal ad- Din (1426/2015). Itkan fi ‘ulum al- Qur’an [Perfection in the Qur’anic Sciences]. Vol. 3. Medinah.
8. At- Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (2000). Jami‘ al-bayan fita’wil al- Qur’an. Vol. 1. Madinah, 2000. (In Arabic)
9. Koran. Perevod i kommentarij I. Ju. Krachkovskogo (1986). [The Qur’an]. Moscow: Nauka.
10. Frolov D. V. (1991). Klassicheskii arabskij stikh [Classical Arabic verse]. Moscow: Glavnaya redaktsiya vostochnoi literatury izdatel’stva «Nauka».
11. Frolov D.V., Zaripov I.A. (2021). «Smysly Pisaniya Allaha dolzhny sootvetstvovat’ rechi arabov»: filologicheskii component ekzegeticheskoi teorii Tabari (839–923) [“The meanings of Allah’s Scripture must correspond to the speech of the Arabs”: the Philological Component of Tabari’s Exegetical Theory (839–923)]. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Ser. 13: Vostokovedenie. 2021. No. 3. Pp. 19–31.
12. Frolov D. V., Zaripov I. A. (2021). Pervaya teoriya koranicheskoi ekzegetiki vo Vvedenii k tafsiru Tabari (839–923) [The First Theory of Qur’anic Exegesis in the Introduction to Tafsir Tabari (839–923)] Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Ser. 13: Vostokovedenie. 2021. No. 2. Pp. 42–56.
13. Frolov D.V. (2014). Kommentarii k Koranu. Tridtsatyi dzhuz. Vol. 3. Sury 98–114. [Commentary on the Qur’an. The Thirtieth juz’. Vol. 3. Surahs 98–114]. Moscow: Vostochnaya kniga.
Review
For citations:
Frolov D.V., Zaripov I.A. Introduction to the Tafsir of Tabari. Translation from Arabic and Commentary. Part 1. Islam in the modern world. 2022;18(1):27-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-1-27-46
Views:
1984
Email this article 