Wikipedia's first sentence called it “classic sunni islam tafsir”. Today it says “a 14th century qur'anic exegesis”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Redirect to: Ibn Kathir#”. It now reads “Qur'anic exegesis book by Ibn Kathir”.
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Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim ( Arabic : تفسير القرءان العظيم , romanized : Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm ), commonly known as Tafsir Ibn Kathir ( Arabic : تفسير ابن كثير , romanized : Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ), is the Qur'anic exegesis ( tafsir ) by Ibn Kathir . It is one of the most famous Islamic books concerned with the science of interpretation of the Quran . It also includes jurisprudential rulings, and takes care of the hadiths and is famous for being almost devoid of Israʼiliyyat . It is the most followed tafsir by Salafists .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim , popularly Tafsir ibn Kathir , is a classic Sunni Islam tafsir ( commentary of the Qur'an ) by Ibn Kathir . It is considered to be a summary of the earlier tafsir by al-Tabari , Tafsir al-Tabari . It is especially popular because it uses hadith to explain each verse and chapter of the Qur'an.
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Quran exegesis book by Ibn Kathir Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm better known as Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the tafsir by Ibn Kathir (died 774 AH).It is one of the most famous Islamic books concerned with the science of interpretation of the Quran .It also includes jurisprudential rulings, and takes care of the hadiths and is famous for being almost devoid of Israʼiliyyat .It is the most followed tafsir by salafist muslims.
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classic sunni islam tafsir
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a 14th century qur'anic exegesis
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