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Al-Kashshaaf 'an Haqa'iq at-Tanzil, popularly known as Al-Kashshaaf (Arabic: ٱلْكَشَّاف, romanized: al-Kaššāf, lit. 'the Revealer') is a seminal tafsir (commentary on the Qur'an) by Al-Zamakhshari written in the 12th century.
A tafsir entitled Tafsīr al-karīm al-raḥman fī tafsīr kalām al-manān by the Salafi scholar Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1957), while commenting on Quran 53:14 said: [4] It [the Sidrat al-Muntahā] is a very large Tree (شَجَرَة - shajarah) beyond the 7th heaven.
Al-Araf [2] [3] (Arabic: ٱلأعراف, al-ʾAʿrāf; meaning: The Heights) is the 7th chapter of the Qur'an, with 206 verses ().Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (Asbāb al-nuzūl), it is a "Meccan surah", which means it was revealed before the Hijra.
The Prophets in the Holy Quran. Cairo, 1985. The Sinner Muslim: Common Mythology Regarding the Sinner Muslim. Cairo, 1987. Egypt in the Holy Quran. Al Akhbar newspaper, Cairo, 1990. The Quran: the Only Source of Islam and Islamic Jurisprudence (published under the title The Quran: Why? using the pseudonym Abdullah Al Khalifah) Cairo, 1990.
The story of Dhu al-Qarnayn is related in chapter 18 of the Qur'an, al-Kahf, revealed to Muhammad when his tribe, Al-Quraysh, sent two men to discover whether the Jews, with their superior knowledge of the scriptures, could advise them on whether Muhammad was truly a prophet of God. The rabbis told the Quraysh to ask Muhammad about three things ...
Revelation of the Quran is described as being "sent down" in verse 17:105: "With the truth we (God/Allah) have sent it down and with the truth it has come down". [4] It is also called kalam allah — the word of God — and to most Muslims is eternal and uncreated [1] attribute of God, as opposed to something written or created by God.
Some of the extraordinary rich non-canonical qira'at, or variant Qur'anic readings, appear first in this, his most famous work of commentary. [34] Tafsir al-Nahr al-Mad min al-Bahr, a sumuary of Tafsir al-Bahir an-Muhit; Ithaf al-Arib bi ma fi al-Qur’an al-Gharib, a concise book on the extraordinary vocabulary of the Qur'an (Gharib al-Qur’an).
Alamut, which is the most famous of these strongholds, was thought impregnable to any military attack and was fabled for its heavenly gardens, library, and laboratories where philosophers, scientists, and theologians could debate in intellectual freedom. [2] The stronghold survived adversaries including the Seljuq and Khwarezmian empires.