Part Thirteen:
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It comprises (229) folios and covers verse (20) of Surat Yūsuf through verse (42) of Surat Ibrāhīm.
On the recto of its first folio is written:
The thirteenth volume of The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Quran, authored by Shaykh and Imam Abū Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī (may Allah have mercy on him).
It covers, from Surat Yūsuf, the words of Allah Most High:
“And they sold him for a paltry price…”
as well as Surat al-Rad, and then Surat Ibrāhīm through His words:
“Do not think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do.”
[Ibrāhīm: 42]
May Allah bless Muhammad.
The beginning of the part reads:
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. O Lord, make it easy.
The discussion concerning the interpretation of His words:
“And they sold him for a paltry price…”
Its closing reads:
Volume Thirteen of The Exposition was completed by the praise and aid of Allah. May Allah bless our master Muhammad and his family, and grant them peace.
Its transcription was completed in the month of Shawwāl in the year 715 AH. It is followed in Part Fourteen, Allah Most High willing, by:
The discussion concerning the interpretation of His words:
“Do not think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do.”
[Ibrāhīm: 42]
All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds.
May Allah forgive its owner, its author, its copyist, those who read it, those who prayed that they be granted forgiveness, Allah’s pleasure, and Paradise, and all Muslims. Amen.
Beneath it, in a fine hand, is written: This was consulted by one who stands in need of Him, glory be to Him, Muhammad ibn Mahmūd ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Jazā’irī al-Hanafī, dated … in the year 1239 AH.