The beginning of the part reads:

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. O Lord, make it easy.

The remainder of the commentary on Surat Maryam.

Its closing reads:

Volume Sixteen of al-Tabarī’s Tafsīr was completed by the praise of Allah, His aid, and His gracious facilitation. May Allah bless our master Muhammad.

It is followed in Part Seventeen, Allah Most High willing, by:

The discussion concerning the interpretation of His words:

“Have they not traveled throughout the land so that they might have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to hear? Indeed, it is not the eyes that are blind, but the hearts within the breasts that are blind.”

Its transcription was completed in Dhū al-Qadah in the year 715 AH. May Allah forgive its owner, its author, its scribe, and all Muslims, as well as whoever reads it and supplicates that they be granted forgiveness, the pleasure of Allah Most High, and Paradise—and likewise all other Muslims.

Part Seventeen:

11475:

It comprises (246) folios and covers verse (46) of Surat al-Hajj through verse (136) of Surat al-Shuarā.

On the recto of its first folio is written:

Part Seventeen 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 His words in Surat al-Hajj:

“Have they not traveled throughout the land so that they might have hearts with which to understand?”—

as well as Surat al-Muminūn, Surat al-Nūr, and Surat al-Furqān, extending through His words in Surat al-Shuarā:

“They said, ‘It is all the same to us…’”

May Allah bless Muhammad and his family.

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:

“Have they not traveled throughout the land so that they might have hearts…”

[al-Hajj: 46].