Volume Eight of Jāmi al-Bayān an Tawīl Āy al-Furqān (The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Criterion) is complete, by Allah’s praise and assistance. May Allah bless Muhammad and his pure family and grant them abundant peace. It will be followed, Allah willing, by the beginning of the commentary on Surah Āl Imrān.
The part comprises 100 folios, with 20–25 lines per page.
A fragment from the same copy:
At the Juma Al Majid Center, no. 2675; it may be Part Eleven.
It is incomplete at the end and may be a fragment of Part Eleven. It begins with verse 111 of Surah Āl Imrān and ends partway through the commentary on verse 6 of Surah al-Nisā.
It opens:
“In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Discussion of the interpretation of the words of Allah, majestic and mighty: ‘They will never harm you except for some hurt.’”
It ends:
“If they say, ‘That is not theirs,’ they are told, ‘What, then, is the difference between their property and the property of orphans? …’”
The fragment comprises 121 folios, with approximately 26 lines per page.
Part Twelve of the same copy:
281, Institute; 80/37, al-Qarawiyyīn Collection.
It begins with verse 40 of Surah al-Nisā and ends with verse 104.
On its first folio:
“Part Twelve of the commentary of Imam Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī.”
To the left of the title:
It contains the remainder of Surah al-Nisā, from His words:
“Indeed, Allah does not wrong even as much as an atom’s weight.”
[al-Nisā: 40]
to His words:
“Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book in truth so that you may judge between people by what Allah has shown you.”
[al-Nisā: 105]
Beneath it is the same endowment inscription found earlier in Part Two. It includes the words:
“I wrote this on