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    The Life and Work of Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari

    INTRODUCTION

    Muhammad was the custodian of divine messages who received revelation and was tasked with interpreting it for his followers to understand. Despite the fact that the revelation was made in their language (Arabic), the companions relied on the Prophet, whom Allah assigned to explain to the people what was revealed to them. Allah says, "And we have sent down the message to you, that you may explain clearly to men what has been sent to them, and that you may think." Since the Prophet was alive, his companions had the privilege of referring necessary cases of interpretation of Qur'anic verses to him. Nonetheless, they contributed to the advancement of tafsir literature, particularly after the Prophet's death. Muslim scholars felt the need to immortalize tafsir from time to time in order to keep the Qur'an relevant to Muslims of all ages. Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari was one of the later

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    The History of Al-Tabari, Volume 2: Prophets and Patriarchs

    September 19, 2017
    In this portion of al-Tabari's History of Prophets, Kings, and Caliphs, he includes some interesting Persian legender about a tyrant called al-Azdahaq and his conquest by al-Dahhak. He also covers attempts to explain phenotypical differences among humans by the different children of Noah - apparently it was derived from Jewish tradition, but it includes the assertion that "Canaan b. Ham b. Noah married Arsal, another daughter of Batawil b. Tiras b. Japheth b. Noah, and she bore him the Blacks, Nubians, Fezzan, Zanj, Zaghawah, and all the peoples of the Sudan" (11) - an unwarranted racialization (though not one unique to Islam) of biblical tradition that contributed heavily to the justifications for slavery in the antebellum South.

    The volume covers traditions concerning several other patriarchal-era figures postulated in the Qur'an and probably drawn from local pre-Islamic Arab tradition - such as Hu

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    History of Tabari (The History of the Prophets and Kings) - Complete 40 Volumes

    The History of the Prophets and Kings (Arabic: تاريخ الرسل والملوك Tārīkh al-Rusul wa al-Mulūk), more commonly known as Tarikh al-Tabari (تاريخ الطبري) or Tarikh-i Tabari or The History of al-Tabari (Persian: تاریخ طبری) is an Arabic-language historical chronicle completed by the Persian historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (225–310 AH, 838–923 AD) in 915 AD. It begins with creation, and charts Muslim and Middle Eastern history from the myths and legends associated with the Old Testament through to the history of the Abbasid era, down to the year 915. An appendix or continuation, was written by Abu Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Ja'far al-Farghani, a student of al-Tabari.

    Here is the list of titles for the 40-volume edition:

    • Vol. 01 General Introduction and from the Creation to the Flood (Franz Rosenthal)
    • Vol. 02 Prophets and Patriarchs (William Brinner)
    • Vol. 03 The Children of Israel (William Brinner)
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