Introduction to the Tafsir of Tabari. Translation from Arabic and Commentary. Part 2
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-1-27-46
Abstract
This publication presents the second part of the commented translation into Russian of the Introduction (muqaddima) to the tafasir “Jami‘ al-bayan fī ta’wil al-Qur’an” [The Comprehensive Exposition of the interpretation of the Qur’an] by Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari (839–923). It contains sections dedicated to tafsir. The fi rst of them enumerates three aspects (wujūh) of the interpretation of the Qur’an — (1) the part, which only God knowns — eschatological ayats; (2) the part, whose interpretation is possible only with the support of prophetic traditions — ayats of the Law; and (3) the part, which might be understood by everyone who knows the language of the Qur’an. In the two following sections, groups of traditions about the admissibility and inadmissibility of exegesis are compared. On bases of their analysis, the theologian approves the legitimacy of tafsir. The last section lists the “praiseworthy” and “reprehensible” early commentators on the Holy Scriptures of Islam.
About the Authors
D. V. Frolov
Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, D. 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
Cand. Sci. (Hist.), senior researcher of Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies,
12, Rozhdestvenka Str., Moscow, 107031
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Frolov D.V., Zaripov I.A. Introduction to the Tafsir of Tabari. Translation from Arabic and Commentary. Part 2. Islam in the modern world. 2022;18(2):27-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-1-27-46
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