after that copy had been collated against the copy held at the library.

2 — The Mustafā al-Bābī al-Halabī Press edition, published in 1321 AH in thirty parts bound in twelve volumes. Its second edition appeared in 1373 AH = 1954 CE, and its third in 1388 AH = 1968 CE. This was the edition against which the manuscript copies were collated, and its page numbers have been placed in the margins of the pages of our present edition for the convenience of students of knowledge.

3 — The Būlāq Press edition, published from 1323 AH through 1330 AH in thirty parts bound in fourteen volumes, with al-Naysābūrī’s commentary in the margins. It was printed from the source copies held in the collection of the Khedivial Library, at the expense of Sayyid ‘Umar al-Khashshāb al-Kutubī and his son, Muhammad ‘Umar al-Khashshāb, in Egypt.

4 — The Amīriyya Press edition, which was the work’s third edition. It was published in 1325 AH in thirty parts bound in twelve volumes, with The Marvels of the Quran and the Treasures of the Criterion, the commentary of al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Naysābūrī, in its margins.

5 — The Dār al-Ma‘ārif edition in Egypt, edited by Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Shākir and Shaykh Mahmūd Muhammad Shākir and published from 1374 AH to 1388 AH in sixteen volumes.

This edition is incomplete: its sixteenth and final volume ends in Surah Ibrāhīm at the conclusion of verse 27.

[Editorial Method]

The following editorial method was adopted for this book:

1 — Collation of the manuscripts:

The manuscripts were collated against the printed edition designated by the siglum (م), in order to arrive