Illuminating Discourses on the Noble Qur'an (Tafseer Anwarul Bayan)

About The Book

5 Volume set

A translation of the nine volume Tafsir [Exegesis] of the Holy Qur'an "Anwar al-Bayan" by Maulana Ashiq Ilahi al-Barni; one of the great scholars of this century who recently passed away in Madina Munawwara. He had resided there for the last two decades, after having taught in various education institutes around India and Pakistan. A prolific write of many works on a variety of subjects. Some outstanding features of this tafsir: simple, straightforward, and easy to understand; provides explanation of the Qur'an through the Qur'an, authentic Ahaadith, statements of the Sahaba, and the Exegesis of the great Imams of Tafsir; completely avoids Israelite traditions; references rendered in detail; contemporary issues discussed; discussions on aspects of tasawwuf; Islamic laws elucidated from verses; explanation of the circumstances of revelation; and filled with many words of wisdom and advice.
Complete translation in English by Maulana Ismail Ibrahim, edited by Ismail Khathrada and Mufti A. H. Ilyas.

Some outstanding features of this tafsir:

• simple, straightforward, and easy to understand; 
• provides explanation of the Qur'an through the Qur'an, authentic hadiths, statements of the Sahaba, and the exegesis of the great Imams of tafsir; 
• completely avoids Israelite traditions; 
• references rendered in detail; contemporary issues discussed; 
• discussions on aspects of tasawwuf; 
• Islamic laws elucidated from verses; 
• explanation of the circumstances of revelation; 
• and filled with many words of wisdom and advice.

DETAILS:

ISBN: 9789698863975
AUTHOR: Shaykh Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshehri
TRANSLATOR: Maulana Ismail Ibrahim
EDITOR: Ismail Khathrada & Mufti Afzal Hoosein Ilyas
BINDING: Hardback
PAGES: 3107 (5 Volumes)
PUBLISHER: Darul Ishaat (Karachi, Pakistan)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A prolific writer and eminent scholar of the Indian Subcontinent, Shaykh ‘Ashiq Ilahi al-Bulandshehri Muhajir Madani (or al-Barni). He later taught at Dar al-‘Ulum Karachi for several years at the request of Mufti Muhammad Shafi’, where he assumed responsibility of the fatwa department and taught students hadith and tafsir. The Shaykh later migrated to Madina, where he spent the last 25 years of his life. He was a disciple of the hadith scholar Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Dozens of his books have been well received in many countries. Tohfa-e khawatin (Gift for women), Marne ke bad kya hoga? (What is going to happen after death?), Islami adab (Islamic conduct), Huquq al-walidayn (Rights of parents), and Anwar al-bayan (Illuminating discourses on the Holy Qur’an), a voluminous commentary of the Qur’an, are among the well-known books he authored. 
In the field of hadith, he authored Zad al-talibin (Provisions for the seekers) and Al-Fawa’id al-saniyya fi sharh al-Arba‘in al-Nawawiyya (The lofty beneficial points in the explanation of Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths). As for jurisprudence, he is the author of Al-Tashil al-daruri fi masa’il al-Quduri (The necessary facilitation of the laws of Quduri), as well as dozens of reformative booklets and articles. He passed away in the illuminated city of Madina at the age of 80 and was buried there in the Baqi‘ graveyard, as had been his desire.