Tafsir collection and source guide
أرشيف التفسير

Tafsir Archive

A source-conscious home for named Qur'anic commentary, scholarly traditions, edition history, and transparent provenance.

The Qur'an and Tafsir are not the same layer. Qur'anic text remains primary. Every commentary must remain visibly identified as the work of human scholars.

Visual architecture

Four Custom Art Positions

The approved artwork will be installed only after its exact local files are verified. No generated Arabic text will be treated as scripture or scholarly attribution.

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Verified artwork pending

Tafsir Archive Hero

Main entrance artwork

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Verified artwork pending

Library and Scholarship

Scholar and collection browsing artwork

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Verified artwork pending

Manuscript and Provenance

Source history and verification artwork

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Verified artwork pending

Legacy of Interpretation

Colorful closing feature artwork

Archive law

Foundation Rules

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The Qur'an remains primary and visually separate from commentary.

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Tafsir is named human scholarship, not scripture.

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No commentary is published without edition and author attribution.

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Rights verification does not automatically grant publication clearance.

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AI may organize verified records but may not invent scholarly commentary.

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Disputed or unresolved attribution must remain visibly marked.

Scholarly collections

Six Tafsir Foundations

These cards record collection identity and review state. They do not publish or summarize the commentary itself.

الطبري

Al-Tabari

Jami al-Bayan

Rights / Edition Review

An early monumental tradition-based commentary associated with Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari.

Current source state

Candidate editions remain under rights, provenance, and reuse review.

ابن كثير

Ibn Kathir

Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim

Rights / Edition Review

A widely studied commentary known for connecting verses with hadith reports and earlier exegetical traditions.

Current source state

No specific reusable edition has been approved.

القرطبي

Al-Qurtubi

Al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Qur'an

Rights / Edition Review

A major commentary noted for its attention to language, law, ethics, and interpretive traditions.

Current source state

Edition and redistribution review remain open.

تفسير الجلالين

Al-Jalalayn

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Rights / Edition Review

A concise classical commentary composed by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli and completed by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.

Current source state

No source has been cleared for publication or AI ingestion.

البغوي

Al-Baghawi

Ma'alim al-Tanzil

Rights / Edition Review

A classical commentary drawing upon transmitted interpretation and earlier scholarly authorities.

Current source state

Candidate source audit completed; reusable edition still unapproved.

فخر الدين الرازي

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Mafatih al-Ghayb

Historical Source Acquired

An expansive commentary engaging theology, philosophy, language, cosmology, and intellectual inquiry.

Current source state

Eight-volume Cairo historical printing acquired. Composite center-and-margin attribution remains pending.

8 volumes 6,402 pages Hashes verified
Open Collection

Transparent progress

Source Status System

Rights / Edition Review

A scholarly work has been identified, but no reusable edition has been approved for publication or AI processing.

Historical Source Acquired

A source copy has been preserved and structurally verified. Acquisition does not equal publication clearance.

Attribution Pending

The physical layout is understood, but exact author-to-region mapping still requires direct printed evidence.

Ready for Controlled Ingestion

Rights, attribution, structure, and human review must all pass before this status may be assigned.

Published

Human-reviewed commentary is available with complete source and edition attribution.

Preserved historical source

Al-Razi Historical Source Set

Printing
Cairo historical printing, 1889?1891
Repository record
Arabic Collections Online / Princeton source records
Volumes
8
Total pages
6,402
Total source bytes
1,237,512,006
Hashes verified
Yes
Render tests passed
8 of 8

Physical layout

Large framed central text with a physically separate marginal text running beside, above, and below the frame.

Attribution state

The center and margin are structurally separable. Exact author-to-region assignment remains unconfirmed.

OCR performed: No AI ingestion: No Publication cleared: No

Reader architecture

Tafsir Reading Foundation

The interface shell is prepared, but no unverified commentary has been loaded.

Primary text

Qur'an

Verified Uthmani Arabic and named human translations will remain in their existing protected source layer.

Human scholarship

Tafsir

Commentary will appear here only after source, author, edition, rights, and human-review gates pass.

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