Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman, more famously known as Tafsir al-Sa’di, by ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Naasir al-Sa’di is one of the famous books of contemporary tafsir.
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Introduction
Ibn ‘Uthaymeen’s Introduction to Tafsir al-Sa’di ♦
Introduction to the Thematic Tafsir of Imam al-Sa’di ♦
How The Qur’an Describes Itself: Tafsir al-Sa’di ♦
Six Basic Guidelines for Understanding the Qur’an: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
al-Fatihah
Tafsir of Surah al-Fatihah: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
al-Baqarah
2:3 — The Reason for Mentioning Prayer and Zakah Together: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:5 — Guidance elevates and misguidance debases: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:10 — “There is Sickness in Their Hearts”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:26-27 — Allah is Not Shy to Strike a Parable of a Mosquito: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:29 — Three Meanings of Istiwaa in the Qur’an: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:44 — Doing Good and Encouraging Good: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:62 — How the Qur’an Addresses Potential Doubts: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:83 — “And remember when We took a covenant from the Children of Israa’eel”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:103 — Whoever abandons good will be tested with evil: Imam al-Sa’di
2:121 — Recite the Book with its true recitation
2:138 — The Sibghah of Allah: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:139 — “Do you argue with us about Allah while He is our Lord and your Lord?”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:151-152 — “So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:155-157 — “Indeed to Allah we belong, and indeed to Him we will return”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:165 — Taking up Partners: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:171 — Those Who Hear Nothing But Calls and Cries: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:178 — “But whoever pardons anything from his brother…” : Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:183 — Fasting is prescribed for you in order that you may become al-muttaqoon: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:183-185 — Chapter on Fasting in the Qur’an – part 1: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:186 — “When My slaves ask you about Me, Indeed I am near”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:186 — Chapter on Fasting in the Qur’an – part 2: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:187 — Chapter on Fasting in the Qur’an – part 3: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:189 — Approach things by their proper doors: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:190-193 — “Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:197 — Hajj is During Well-Known Months: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:204-205 — He Calls Allah as a Witness to What is in His Heart: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:218 — Those Who Hope for Allah’s Mercy: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:220 — Notes on Allah’s Might and Wisdom: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:221 — The Mushirkoon invite to the fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and forgiveness
2:226-227 — Special Circumstances of Marriage and Divorce in the Qur’an: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:229-231 — Divorce in the Qur’an – Part 1: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:236-237 — Divorce in the Qur’an – Part 2: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:238-239 — Performing the Prayers in their Proper Times: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:253 — Belief in the Messengers in Brief: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:254 — “The Disbelievers – they are the Thaalimoon”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
2:255 — Explanation of Ayah al-Kursi: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
2:264 — A Parable of Spending to Be Seen: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Aal ‘Imran
3:1-3 — al-Hayy al-Qayyoom: Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:7 — Who knows the Ta’weel? : Imam al-Sa’di
3:14-17 — “Beautified for people is the love of what they desire”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:31 — “Say, ‘If you love Allah, then follow me’”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:41 — An “Amazing Connection” in the Story of Zakariyyah: Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:59-60 — A Principle to Dispel Specious Arguments and Doubts: Imam al-Sa’di
3:92 — “You will never attain al-Birr until…” : Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:117 — A Parable of What the Disbelievers Spend in This Life: Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:122 — The Believers Place their Tawakkal on Allah: Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:128-129 — “Not for you is the decision…” : Tafsir al-Sa’di
3:186 — You will surely hear much abuse: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Nisa’
4:3-4 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.1 – Conditions for Marriage: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:13-14 — Transgressing the Limits of Allah: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:17-18 — Taking the Means to Allah’s Forgiveness: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:19-21 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.2 – Rights of Wives: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:22-24 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.3 – Prohibited Relationships: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:32 — Idle Wishing – Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:34 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.4 – The Husband’s Roles and Responsibilities: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:35 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.5 – Marital Discord: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:43 — Circumstances in which Tayammum is Allowed: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:66-68 — “If We had decreed upon them, ‘kill yourselves’…”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:77 — Those who wish to hasten to affairs before their proper times: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:82 — Tafsir al-Sa’di on the objective of revealing the Qur’an and its benefits
4:83 — Referring issues back to their experts – Imam al-Sa’di
4:84 — Exerting Oneself and Galvanizing Others – the Best of Conditions: Imam al-Sa’di
4:94 — Investigate and Verify: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:95-96 — Allah Has Favored Them By Degrees: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:110-111 — “Whoever does evil or wrongs himself but then seeks Allah’s forgiveness…”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:114 — “There is no good in much of their private conversation, except…”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:123-124 — “It will not be in accordance with you desires”
4:128 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.6 – Settlement: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:128 — “Reconciliation is better”: Imam al-Sa’di’s tafsir of 4:128
4:129 — Marriage in the Qur’an pt.7 – Justice Between Wives: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
4:135 — “Be those who stand firmly for Justice”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:142-143 — Qualities of the Hypocrites and their Opposites: Tafsir al-Sa’di
4:147 — Imam al-Sa’di on al-Shukr
4:163-165 — We revealed to you as We revealed to those before you: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Ma’idah
5:7 — Allah Knows what the Chests Contain: Tafsir al-Sa’di
5:17 — A reply to those who say, “If God can do anything, why can He not have a son?”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
5:18 — A response to those who say “We are the children of Allah”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
5:27-31 — The story of the two sons of Adam: Tafsir al-Sa’di
5:63 — The Duty of the Scholars to Prohibit and Warn Against Evil: al-Shawkaani & al-Sa’di
5:79 — The Consequences of Not Forbidding Wrongdoing: Tafsir al-Sa’di
5:87-89 — The Fiqh of Oaths – Imam al-Sa’di ♦
5:98 — Know that Allah is Severe in Punishment and that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful: Tafsir al-Sa’di
5:105 — “O you who have believed, look after your own souls”: Tafsir al-Sa’di & al-Shinqitee
al-An’aam
A Central Theme of Surah al-An’aam: Tafsir al-Qurtubi
6:1 — The Darknesses and the Light: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:36 — “Only those who hear will respond”: Tafsir al-Tabari and Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:103 — “No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:108 — “Do not insult those they invoke other than Allah”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:109-111 — “They would not believe unless Allah should will”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:112-113 — We have made for every prophet an enemy: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:125 — “Whoever Allah Wants to Guide, He Opens his Chest to Islam”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:148-149 — A Refutation of Blaming Sins on Qadr: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:151-153 — Ten Important Commandments from the End of Surah al-An’aam: Tafsir al-Sa’di
6:155 — How to Receive Allah’s Mercy: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-A’raaf
7:12 — The False Qiyaas of Iblis: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:43 — The Fundamentals of the Prohibited Deeds – Khutbah of Imam al-Sa’di ♦
7:43 — Resentment Will Be Removed From Their Hearts: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:85-87 — The Orator of the Anbiya: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:86 — Do not sit on every path …: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:96-99 — “But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except for those in loss”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:163-167 — The Story of the Town by the Sea: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:175-178 — Those Who Threw Off the Guidance that Allah Gave Them: Tafsir al-Sa’di
7:199 — Good Etiquette with the People: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
7:205 — Etiquette of Supplication in Surah al-A’raaf: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Anfal
8:24-25 — Fear a trial which will not only strike the wrongdoers: Tafsir al-Sa’di
8:29 — 4 of the rewards of al-Taqwa: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Tawbah
9:30 — “And the Jews say ‘Uzair is the son of Allah” – Ibn Taymiyah
9:122 — Learning and Spreading Knowledge: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Yunus
10:57-58 — “In that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate”
10:98 — “Except the people of Yunus”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Hud
11:9-11 — Being Patient During and After Trials: Tafsir al-Sa’di
11:12 — The Means and Objectives of Calling to Allah: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
11:15-16 — Whoever desires this world, We will repay them fully therein: Tafsir al-Sa’di
11:36-49 — The story of Nuh and his son
11:114 — Good Deeds Remove Evil Deeds: Tafsir al-Sa’di
11:118-119 — “For that He created them”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Yusuf
Consideration is given to the completeness of the conclusion, not the defects of the beginning
12:23 — The Sabr of Choice and Sabr of Necessity: Imam al-Sa’di
12:39 — Al-Waahid al-Qahhaar
12:67 — The Tawakkal and Understaning of Ya’qub (‘alaihis salaam)
al-Ra’d
13:14 — “And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Ibrahim
14:7 — An Incitement Towards Gratitude for Allah’s Blessings: Tafsir al-Sa’di
14:22-23 — Shaytaan’s address to the disbelievers at the end of time: Tafsir al-Sa’di
14:24-26 — “A Good Word is like a Good Tree”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
14:35-41 — The Du’a of Ibrahim for Mecca and his Descendants: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Hijr
15:87-88 — Taking the Qur’an as Enough of a Blessing for You: Tafsir al-Sa’di
15:99 — Certainty
al-Nahl
16:75-76 — “Are They Equal?”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
16:78 — “He made for you hearing and vision and intellect in order for you to be grateful”
16:98-100 — Responding to Claims about the Origin of the Qur’an: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Israa’
17:45-48 — A Veil Between the Disbelievers and the Qur’an: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Kahf
18:23-24 — Never say, “Verily I will do that tomorrow”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
18:32-44 — The Parable of the Man with Two Gardens: Tafsir al-Sa’di
18:60-82 — Benefits from the story of Moosaa and al-Khadr: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
Maryam
19:2-37 — The story of ‘Eesaa, his mother, Zakariyyah and Yahya – Imam al-Sa’di ♦
19:54-55 — “And mention in the Book, Ismaa’eel”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Taha
20:3 — A Reminder For Those Who Would Fear: Tafsir al-Sa’di
20:9-36 — Moosaa and the Burning Bush: Tafsir al-Sa’di
20:82 — Four Means of Attaining Allah’s Forgiveness: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
20:115-127 — The story of Adam in surah Taha: Tafsir al-Sa’di
20:129-132 — A Command to Be Patient and the Means to Do So: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Anbiya’
21:72-73 — The great blessing of being a guiding leader: Tafsir al-Sa’di
21:74-75 — “And to Loot we gave judgement and knowledge”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
21:85-86 — The definition of Sabr: Imam al-Sa’di
al-Hajj
22:31 — “As If He Had Fallen From the Sky”: Tafsir al-Baghawi, Ibn Kathir & al-Sa’di
22:73 — The Parable of the Fly: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Mu’minoon
23:57-61 — The Qualities of those who Hasten towards Good: Khutbah of Imam al-Sa’di ♦
al-Nur
24:6-9 — Special Circumstances of Marriage and Divorce in the Qur’an: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
24:36-38 — Rulings Related to the Mosques in the Qur’an: Tafsir al-Sa’di
24:39 — Deeds Like a Mirage: Tafsir al-Qurtubi & al-Sa’di
24:52 — Qualities of the Successful Ones: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Shu’araa’
26:111-115 — Prophet Nuh’s Response to His People
al-Naml
27:82 — “We will bring forth a beast out of the earth, speaking to them”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
27:91-93 — I have been Commanded to Worship the Lord of this City: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Qasas
28:7-13 — Benefits from the Story of the Mother of Moosaa: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
28:76-82 — The Story of Qarun: Tafsir al-Sa’di
28:50 — If they do not respond to you, then know that they only follow their desires
al-‘Ankaboot
29:12-13 — “Follow Our Way And We Will Surely Bear Your Sins”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
29:26 — What Happened to Ibrahim’s People?: Tafsir al-Sa’di
29:23 — Two types of despairing of Allah’s Mercy: Imam al-Sa’di
29:45 — “Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
29:69 — “And those who strive for Us – We will surely guide them to Our ways”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Luqman
31:1-5 — Opening of Surah Luqman: Tafsir al-Sa’di
31:12-19 — The Advice of Luqman in Brief: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Ahzab
33:41-44 — “O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
33:45-48 — Five Descriptions of the Prophet in Surah al-Ahzaab
33:49 — Divorce in the Qur’an – Part 2: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
33:70-71 — The outcomes of Taqwa and truthful speech: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Saba’
34:13 — “Work, O family of Dawood, in gratitude”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
34:22-23 — Cutting Off Shirk at its Very Roots: Tafsir al-Sa’di
34:24 — “Surely either we or you are upon right guidance, or in clear error”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Faatir
35:10 — “To Him ascends good speech, and righteous works raise it”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
35:15 — “O mankind, you are in need of Allah”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
35:18 — “To Allah is the final destination”: Imam al-Sa’di’s tafsir of 35:18
Yaseen
36:12 — “We Record What They Have Put Forth and Their Traces”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
36:77-83 — Six Proofs for the Resurrection of the Dead in Surah Yasin: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Saffat
37:123-132 — The story of Ilyaas: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Saad
al-Zumar
39:4 — “Had Allah willed to take a son…”: Tafsir al-Sa’di and Tafsir ibn Kathir
39:9 — Are those who know equal to those who do not know?: Imam al-Sa’di’s tafsir of 39:9
39:17-18 — “Those who listen to speech and follow the best of it”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
39:23 — Allah Has Sent Down the Best Speech: Tafsir al-Sa’di
39:64-67 — They Have Not Appraised Allah with His True Value: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Ghaafir
40:1-3 — The opening of surah al-Ghaafir: Tafsir al-Sa’di
40:25 — Describing specific events with general wordings: Tafsir al-Sa’di
40:55 — “So Be Patient; The Promise of Allah is Certainly True”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
40:82-85 — Religious knowledge and secular knowledge: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Fussilat
41:17-18 — “We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance”
41:33 — “And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah…” Tafsir al-Sa’di
41:49-51 — Human nature: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Shooraa
42:15 — “So Call to That!”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
42:25 — Repent and Respond: Tafsir al-Sa’di
42:40-43 — Three Levels of Responding to People’s Harms: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Zukhruf
43:36-39 — “And whoever becomes dim-sighted to the remembrance of al-Rahman…”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
43:57-65 — Jesus was only a servant who was blessed, and an example for the Children of Israel: Tafsir al-Sa’di
Muhammad
47:19 — Know that there is No Deity Worthy of Worship Besides Allah: Tafsir al-Sa’di
47:33 — “Do Not Invalidate Your Deeds”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Fath
48:29 — The Parable of the Sahabah in the Injeel: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Hujurat
49:6 — “If a Faasiq comes to you with news, verify it…”: Tafsir al-Shinqitee and al-Sa’di
49:12 — “O you who believe, avoid much suspicion…”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Dhariyat
51:15-19 — “They Take What Their Lord Gave Them”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
51:50 — “So Flee to Allah”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
51:56-58 — I did not Create the Jinn and Mankind Except to Worship Me: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Tur
52:25-28 — A Discussion of the People of Jannah: Tafsir al-Qurtubi & Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Waqi’ah
56:71-74 — “Have you Considered the Fire that you Kindle?”: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Hadeed
57:22-24 — No calamity occurs except that it is written in the Book of Decrees: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Mujadalah
58:1-4 — Special Circumstances of Marriage and Divorce in the Qur’an: Imam al-Sa’di ♦
58:12-13 — O you who believe, when you wish to privately consult with the Messenger… : Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Hashr
59:15-16 — The Parable of Surah al-Hashr: Tafsir al-Sa’di & Others
59:18-20 — The Foundation of Self-Reckoning in the Qur’an: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Tahrim
66:10-12 — Two disbelieving women and two believing women: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Mulk
67:22 — One Who Walks Overturned on His Face: Tafsir al-Baghawi, ibn Kathir & al-Sa’di
al-Haqqah
69:33-34 — Two Factors Which Lead to Jannah: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-Muddathir
74:38-39 — “Every soul will be detained for what it has earned”: Imam al-Sa’di
al-Layl
92:5-7 — Benefits from the opening of Surah al-Layl: Tafsir al-Sa’di ♦
al-Takathur
102:8 — You will be asked about your blessings: Tafsir al-Sa’di
al-‘Asr
103:1-3 — Tafsir of Surah al-‘Asr: Imam al-Sa’di
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