The copy was written in a standard naskh hand. Its folios are large format, and each page is ruled for 47 lines.

The first volume of this copy:

100:

It begins with the opening of the book and ends with the end of Surah al-Tawbah.

Its opening reads:

“In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. In Him we seek aid. Abū Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī said (may Allah have mercy on him) …”

Its ending reads:

“The end of the commentary on Surah al-Tawbah. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. The first surah to follow it in the second volume is Surah Jonah, from the tafsir of Imam al-Tabarī (may Allah have mercy on him).”

It comprises 990 folios.

The second volume of the same copy:

101:

It comprises … folios, begins with the opening of Surah Jonah, and ends with the conclusion of the tafsir.

Its opening reads:

“An exposition of the interpretation of the surah in which Jonah is mentioned.”

Its ending reads:

“The end of the Book of Tafsir. All praise is due to Allah, the Most High, the Most Great. This concludes the discourse in The Comprehensive Exposition of the Verses of the Quran, composed by Abū Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī—may Allah Most High have mercy on him and reward him, on behalf of those who seek knowledge after him, with the finest reward granted to one who institutes a good practice or directs others to a noble deed. May Allah bless and ennoble our master Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, his family, and his Companions. This volume and those preceding it, forming a division into eight volumes, were copied for our master, Shaykh al-Islām and the eminent scholar of lofty resolve, excellent alike in name and in reality, whose aspiration rises above the stars of heaven. I mean the eloquent master who has attained the pinnacle of eloquence in the art of expression; the articulate one whose mastery of phrasing trails its robes along the margins of ............; the accomplished and rightly guided master”