Al-Mizan - An Exegesis of the Qur’an Volume 36

Al-Mizan - An Exegesis of the Qur’an Volume 36


Author: Allamah As-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn At-Tabatabai

Translated by: Alexander Khalili

Edited by: Amina Inloes

This volume covers the exegesis of chapters 47 - 51


his volume of Tafsīr al-Mīzān comprises of the tafsīr of five complete chapters, namely, Sūrah Muḥammad (47), Sūrah al-Fatḥ (48), Sūrah al-Ḥujarāt (49), Sūrah Qaf (50) and Sūrah al-Dhāriyāt (51). The first three sūrahs were revealed in Medina and the other two, in Mecca.


Sūrah Muḥammad (47) draws a beautiful comparison between the faithful and the faithless in their qualities and deeds in this life and the end result in the hereafter.


The verses of Sūrah al-Fatḥ (48) clearly relate and apply to the account of the Treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah which took place in the seventh year of the Hijrah. The main aim of this sūrah is to expound God’s favor upon His Messenger through the clear victory, and upon the faithful who accompanied him in the journey to Ḥudaybiyyah.


Sūrah al-Ḥujarāt (49) discusses in detail, the aspects of Islam’s teachings that are essential for providing a happy life for the individual and supporting a good and virtuous social order.


Sūrah Qaf (50) talks about the prophetic mission and discusses the warning it contains of the Resurrection. The sūrah also calls attention to God’s knowledge and power by mentioning His governance, as demonstrated by His creation of the universe and the blessings of sustenance He provides for His servants.


Finally, the main discussion in Sūrah al-Dhāriyāt (51) is about Resurrection or the Day of recompense. The discussion sometimes turns to arguments for the Resurrection for which God employs evidence for Divine Unity in the heavens, the earth, and souls, as well as the punishments God inflicted on previous nations after inviting them to believe in Divine Unity and their rejection of His messengers.

Pages: 270

ISBN: 978 0 6450750 2 1