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.