It consists of 316 large-format folios, ruled in 45 lines and written in a poor ruqʿa hand.

Its second part, comprising the second and third volumes:

(54, 55):

It begins with the opening of Surah al-Māʾidah and ends at verse 29 of Surah al-Raʿd.

Its opening reads:

“In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. May Allah bless our master Muhammad and his family and Companions and grant them peace. Discussion of the interpretation of the words of Him whose remembrance is exalted: ‘O you who believe, fulfill your covenants.’

[al-Māʾidah: 1]

…”

Its ending reads:

“The second part of the commentary of Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī—may Allah enfold him in His mercy—was completed at the hand of the poorest of servants and the one most in need of Allah, the second poor servant, Alī Abd al-Hādī al-Shanwānī—may Allah forgive him—on the sixth of Rabīʿ al-Thānī, 1145 AH.

“It is followed by the third part: Discussion of the interpretation of His words:

‘Thus We have sent you to a community’

[al-Raʿd: 30].”

This part consists of 570 large-format folios, ruled in 45 lines.

Fifth:

The Egyptian National Library:

A photographic copy from the Egyptian National Library, consisting of 25 volumes and covering the entire commentary from beginning to end. It would be complete were it not for the loss of its third part, the truncation at the end of some of its parts, and a lacuna in its second part, which will be noted below. Its first and second parts were combined at the Egyptian National Library under the designation “Part One” and preserved together under a single shelfmark.

This is the copy upon which Shaykh Shākir (may Allah have mercy on him) relied for his critical edition. It is preserved at the Egyptian National Library, and the shelfmark of each part will be given when that part is described.

In the critical edition, it is designated by the siglum (ص). All the parts of this copy—