Its closing reads:

Part Seventeen of the Book of 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 Eighteen, Allah Most High willing, by:

“They said, ‘It is all the same to us whether you admonish us or are not among those who admonish.’”

[al-Shuarā: 136]

Its transcription was completed in Dhū al-Hijjah in 715 AH.

May Allah forgive its scribe, its reader, its author, its owner, and all Muslims.

Part Eighteen:

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It comprises (244) folios and covers verse (136) through the end of Surat Luqmān. On the recto of its first folio is written:

Part Eighteen of The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Quran, authored by Shaykh and Imam Abū Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī.

It contains the remainder of Surat al-Shuarā and extends from the beginning of Surat al-Naml through the end of Surat Luqmān. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Al-Qasas; al-Ankabūt; al-Rūm; Luqmān.

Its beginning reads:

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

The remainder of the commentary on Surat al-Shuarā.

Its closing reads:

Surat Luqmān was completed. This is the end of Part Eighteen, by the praise of Allah and His aid. It is followed at the beginning of Part Nineteen, Allah Most High willing, by the beginning of Surat al-Sajdah.

It was completed in Allah’s month of Muharram in 716 AH. May Allah make part of that year and its conclusion good and sound, through His favor and generosity. May Allah forgive its author, its owner, its scribe, whoever reads it and prays that they be granted forgiveness, the pleasure of Allah Most High, and Paradise, and all Muslims. Āmīn, āmīn, āmīn, O Lord