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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Abū al-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn Kathīr's (d. 774 AH / 1373 CE) verse-by-verse commentary — the most widely cited tafsir in mainstream Sunni scholarship. English text sourced from quran.com's "Ibn Kathir (Abridged)" resource, which mirrors the Darussalam abridged edition by Shaykh Ṣafiur Raḥmān al-Mubārakpūrī. Every inline (N:M) verse reference links to the corresponding ayah in the Qurʾān reader.

Surah 1al-FātiḥahThe Opening Surah 2al-BaqarahThe Cow Surah 3Āli ʿImrānThe Family of ʿImrān Surah 4an-NisāʾThe Women Surah 5al-MāʾidahThe Table Spread Surah 6al-AnʿāmThe Cattle Surah 7al-AʿrāfThe Heights Surah 8al-AnfālThe Spoils of War Surah 9at-TawbahThe Repentance Surah 10YūnusJonah Surah 11HūdHud Surah 12YūsufJoseph Surah 13ar-RaʿdThe Thunder Surah 14IbrāhīmAbraham Surah 15al-ḤijrThe Rocky Tract Surah 16an-NaḥlThe Bee Surah 17al-IsrāʾThe Night Journey Surah 18al-KahfThe Cave Surah 19MaryamMary Surah 20Ṭā HāTa Ha Surah 21al-AnbiyāʾThe Prophets Surah 22al-ḤajjThe Pilgrimage Surah 23al-MuʾminūnThe Believers Surah 24an-NūrThe Light Surah 25al-FurqānThe Criterion Surah 26ash-ShuʿarāʾThe Poets Surah 27an-NamlThe Ants Surah 28al-QaṣaṣThe Stories Surah 29al-ʿAnkabūtThe Spider Surah 30ar-RūmThe Romans Surah 31LuqmānLuqman Surah 32as-SajdahThe Prostration Surah 33al-AḥzābThe Combined Forces Surah 34SabaʾSheba Surah 35FāṭirThe Originator Surah 36Yā SeenYa Seen Surah 37aṣ-ṢāffātThose Lined Up Surah 38ṢādSad Surah 39az-ZumarThe Groups Surah 40GhāfirThe Forgiver Surah 41FuṣṣilatExplained in Detail Surah 42ash-ShūrāThe Consultation Surah 43az-ZukhrufThe Gold Adornments Surah 44ad-DukhānThe Smoke Surah 45al-JāthiyahThe Kneeling Surah 46al-AḥqāfThe Curved Sand-Dunes Surah 47MuḥammadMuhammad Surah 48al-FatḥThe Victory Surah 49al-ḤujurātThe Inner Apartments Surah 50QāfQaf Surah 51adh-DhāriyātThe Winds That Scatter Surah 52aṭ-ṬūrThe Mount Surah 53an-NajmThe Star Surah 54al-QamarThe Moon Surah 55ar-RaḥmānThe Most Merciful Surah 56al-WāqiʿahThe Inevitable Surah 57al-ḤadīdIron Surah 58al-MujādilahThe Disputer Surah 59al-ḤashrThe Gathering Surah 60al-MumtaḥanahThe Woman Examined Surah 61aṣ-ṢaffThe Row Surah 62al-JumuʿahFriday Surah 63al-MunāfiqūnThe Hypocrites Surah 64at-TaghābunMutual Disillusion Surah 65aṭ-ṬalāqDivorce Surah 66at-TaḥreemThe Prohibition Surah 67al-MulkThe Sovereignty Surah 68al-QalamThe Pen Surah 69al-ḤāqqahThe Reality Surah 70al-MaʿārijThe Ways of Ascent Surah 71NūḥNoah Surah 72al-JinnThe Jinn Surah 73al-MuzzammilThe One Enwrapped Surah 74al-MuddaththirThe One Enveloped Surah 75al-QiyāmahThe Resurrection Surah 76al-InsānMan Surah 77al-MursalātThose Sent Forth Surah 78an-NabaʾThe Great News Surah 79an-NāziʿātThose Who Pull Out Surah 80ʿAbasaHe Frowned Surah 81at-TakweerThe Folding Up Surah 82al-InfiṭārThe Cleaving Surah 83al-MuṭaffifīnThe Defrauders Surah 84al-InshiqāqThe Splitting Surah 85al-BurūjThe Constellations Surah 86aṭ-ṬāriqThe Night-Comer Surah 87al-AʿlāThe Most High Surah 88al-GhāshiyahThe Overwhelming Surah 89al-FajrThe Dawn Surah 90al-BaladThe City Surah 91ash-ShamsThe Sun Surah 92al-LaylThe Night Surah 93aḍ-ḌuḥāThe Forenoon Surah 94ash-SharḥThe Opening Forth Surah 95at-TeenThe Fig Surah 96al-ʿAlaqThe Clot Surah 97al-QadrThe Night of Decree Surah 98al-BayyinahThe Clear Evidence Surah 99az-ZalzalahThe Earthquake Surah 100al-ʿĀdiyātThe Courser Surah 101al-QāriʿahThe Striking Hour Surah 102at-TakāthurThe Piling Up Surah 103al-ʿAṣrThe Time Surah 104al-HumazahThe Slanderer Surah 105al-FeelThe Elephant Surah 106QurayshQuraysh Surah 107al-MāʿūnSmall Kindnesses Surah 108al-KawtharAbundance Surah 109al-KāfirūnThe Disbelievers Surah 110an-NaṣrThe Help Surah 111al-MasadThe Palm Fibre Surah 112al-IkhlāṣSincerity Surah 113al-FalaqThe Daybreak Surah 114an-NāsMankind