Uloom-ul-Quran Aur Usool-e-Tafseer – Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Description

About the Book

Uloom-ul-Quran Aur Usool-e-Tafseer is an important Urdu work by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani dealing with the sciences necessary for understanding the Holy Qur’an.

The introductory material explains that although extensive works on Qur’anic sciences exist in Arabic, they are often more readily accessible to specialist scholars. This work presents many of these important subjects in Urdu in a structured and readable form.

Main Subjects Covered

The supplied contents pages show discussions including:

• Introduction to the Holy Qur’an
• Names of the Qur’an and their meanings
• Wahy — Divine Revelation
• Reality and nature of Wahy
• Need for Divine Revelation
• Meaning of Wahy
• Different forms of Wahy
• Methods by which revelation came to the Holy Prophet ﷺ
• Wahy and Kashf / Ilham
• Wahy Matlu and Wahy Ghair Matlu
• Preservation of the Qur’an
• Historical questions relating to Qur’anic transmission
• Important principles connected with understanding the Qur’an
• Foundations and methodology of Tafseer

Wahy and Revelation

A major early section of the book is devoted to understanding Wahy.

It discusses why Divine Revelation is necessary, what Wahy means, its different forms and the different ways in which revelation was received by the Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

The work also distinguishes revelation from concepts such as Kashf and Ilham, helping readers understand important terminology used in Islamic scholarship.

Preservation of the Qur’an

The supplied sample pages show detailed discussion relating to the preservation and transmission of the Qur’an.

Questions raised by Orientalist and Western writers are discussed and examined, together with explanations of how the Qur’an was preserved and transmitted.

Principles of Tafseer

The book also introduces the foundational principles required when interpreting the Qur’an.

Rather than approaching Tafseer simply as translation, it explains the scholarly framework and disciplines connected with understanding Qur’anic meanings.

Scholarly Introduction

The edition contains a Taqreez by the renowned scholar Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Banuri, as shown in the supplied pages.

This adds further scholarly context to the work.

Who Should Read This Book?

Suitable for:

• Students of Qur’anic Studies
• Students of Tafseer
• Madrasa and Islamic studies students
• Teachers and scholars
• Islamic libraries
• Readers interested in understanding the background sciences of the Qur’an
• Urdu readers seeking a systematic introduction to Uloom-ul-Quran