Ma'ariful Qur'an


Ma'ariful Qur'an is an eight-volume tafsir of the Quran written by Pakistani Islamic scholar Mufti Muhammad Shafi. Originally written in Urdu, it is the most prominent work of its author.

Background

About the background and starting of Ma'ariful Qur'an, Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani has written in the Foreword of the English translation of the same:

Structure

The work consists of eight volumes. A detailed introduction, included at the beginning of the first volume, focuses on some of the basic issues of the Quran. Notable among them are the wahy, the modes of descent, the chronology of the revelation of the Quran, the first revealed verses, Meccan and Medinan verses, the preservation of the Quran, the printing of the Quran, the sources of tafsir, Arabic language etc.
The work adopts a simple narrative style: first, several verses are provided in the original Arabic with their literal translation in Urdu; it is then followed by subject-wise discussion on almost every important issue. This narrative technique is repeated until the end. Below is the list of volumes and their contents:

Gujarati

Ma'ariful Qur'an has been translated into Gujarati by . The complete eight volumes of Maariful Quran Translated into Gujarati language with eleven volumes by Ilyas Patel Khanpuri. Website: http://www.maarifulqurangujarati.com

English

Ma'ariful Qur'an has been translated into English by Prof. Muhammad Hasan Askari and Prof. Muhammad Shamim, and revised by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani. It has been published from Karachi.

Bengali

The complete eight volumes of Ma'ariful Qur'an have been translated into Bengali by Maulana Muhiuddin Khan and published from Dhaka by Islamic Foundation Bangladesh.