TAFSEER OF THE QURAN he Quraan, God’s final book of revelation to man, represents the primary source of the principles which constitute the way of life known as Islam. The passages of the Quran contain advice and guidance in the form of laws, parables, stories, and arguments for those who choose to believe in God and the Day of Judgment. Hence, a believer’s success and happiness in this life and the next largely depend on his understanding, internalization, and application of the concepts contained in the Book. However, the depth of comprehension of the Quran meanings will vary from individual to individual due to natural differences in intelligence. This variation existed even among the sahabah (companions of Prophet Muhammad (r ), in spite of the Quran’s clarity of expression and its revelation in seven different dialects. Moreover, Allah, the Most Wise, chose to place generalities in the Quran, some of which He later explained in its other verses, while som...