King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an

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مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف

An institution in Medina under Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wa and Guidance, supervised by the minister, devoted to printing the Qur'an and to conveying its meanings to non-Arabic speakers through translations reviewed by committees; to that end it issued al-Tafsir al-Muyassar as the basis of its translations.

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The King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an is an institution in Medina under Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wa and Guidance, with a general secretariat that includes a department of scholarly affairs, and is supervised by the minister; the introduction to the second edition of al-Tafsir al-Muyassar was written by the minister Salih ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad Al al-Shaykh as the Complex's supervisor general. 1 2 3

Translating the meanings of the Qur'an

The introduction says the Complex has the charge of conveying the meanings of the Qur'an to those who do not speak Arabic, and that every translation proposed for printing there passes through stages of review by specialist committees to remedy its shortcomings, yet still falls short of what it hopes for; after study it decided to issue a plain Arabic commentary as the basis of its translations into the languages of Muslim and other peoples — al-Tafsir al-Muyassar. 4 5

How it worked on al-Tafsir al-Muyassar

Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar was written by a group of tafsir professors and reviewed by a committee at the Complex and two at the ministry in Riyadh; when comments arrived after its first edition, the Complex halted reprinting until a committee it formed had studied them, then issued a revised second edition in 1430 AH. 6 7 8

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Tafsir by transmitted report (bi'l-ma'thur)· al-Muyassar fi Gharib al-Qur'an al-Karim· al-Tafsir al-Muyassar· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· Ghanima (spoils of war)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)· Seeking knowledge

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  1. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.2
  2. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.4
  3. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.13
  4. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.9
  5. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.10
  6. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.11
  7. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.12
  8. al-Tafsir al-Muyassar — prepared by a group of scholars (King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, 2009) , p.3
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Tafsir by transmitted report (bi'l-ma'thur)

Interpreting the Qur'an through what has been transmitted: by the Qur'an itself, then by the Sunna, then by the sayings of the Companions, then by those of the Successors. In the introduction to al-Tafsir al-Wasit, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi quotes Ibn Kathir that this order is 'the soundest way' of interpretation and makes it a basis of his own method.