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Arabic Tafsir by Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Kathir ibn Ghalib al-Tabari
- Language
- Arabic
- Scholar
- Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Kathir ibn Ghalib al-Tabari
- Role
- Renowned Qur’an Mufassir and author of Jami‘ al-Bayan ‘an Ta’wil Ay al-Qur’an, commonly known as Tafsir al-Tabari; also a Hadith scholar, jurist, historian, and scholar of Qira’at.
- Place
- Born in Amol, Tabaristan (present-day Iran); later settled and was primarily associated with Baghdad, Iraq.
- Education
- Memorized the Qur’an in childhood and studied Hadith, Fiqh, Qira’at, and other Islamic sciences; pursued knowledge in Rayy, Baghdad, Basra, Kufa, Syria, and Egypt.
