Tafsir Ishraq Al-Ma’ani (Volume 2) - Surah 4-6

Tafsir Ishraq Al-Ma`ani, Vol. II continues Syed Iqbal Zaheer’s extensive English commentary on the Qur’ān with Sūrahs al-Nisā’, al-Mā’idah, and al-Anʿām.This volume brings together Qur’ānic exegesis, Prophetic traditions, the interpretations of the Companions and early generations, classical tafsīr, linguistic analysis, and juristic discussion. Its three sūrahs provide particularly substantial material concerning family relations, marriage, orphans, property, inheritance, lawful and unlawful conduct, communal obligations, covenants, worship, and the theological foundations of obedience to revelation.The treatment of Sūrah al-Nisā’ gives sustained attention to rights and obligations within family and society. The commentary discusses marriage, maintenance, guardianship, protection of orphan property, and the detailed Qur’ānic law of inheritance. The author notes the remarkable concentration of the foundations of inheritance law within a small number of Qur’ānic verses. Discussions of marriage likewise engage legal questions of dower, contract, maintenance, and juristic disagreement. Throughout the volume, legal rules are situated within a larger Qur’ānic ethic of taqwā, accountability, justice, restraint, and fulfillment of rights. The opening commentary on al-Nisā’ expressly connects law with obligations arising from trade, contracts, labor, family relations, and care for vulnerable persons. The result is not merely a compilation of rulings, but a classical exegetical study in which fiqh, theology, ethics, Arabic usage, ḥadīth, and spiritual accountability illuminate one another.Suitable for students of tafsīr, Islamic law, Qur’ānic studies, ḥadīth, Islamic ethics, seminary programs, researchers, and academic or Islamic libraries.