Qur'anic Studies
The Book of Revelations by Call Number: BP130.4 .K67 2005ISBN: 9781904510123Publication Date: 2005-04-01
An Interpretation of the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780814727232Publication Date: 2002-09-15
The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an: Complete Translation with Selected Notes by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780860373926Publication Date: 2016-04-05
The Message of the Qur'an by Call Number: BP130.4 .A85 2008ISBN: 9781904510352Publication Date: 2008-12-01
The Qurʼan : the noble reading by Call Number: BP109 .I7 1993ISBN: 9780915597147Publication Date: 1991
The Study Quran by Call Number: BP109 .N87 2015ISBN: 9780061125867Publication Date: 2015-11-17This study edition of the Quran features a new English translation, a verse-by-verse commentary, and essays by fifteen international scholars.
Approaching the Qur'an by Call Number: BP130.4 .S43 2007ISBN: 9781883991692Publication Date: 2007-01-01
The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780521539340Publication Date: 2006-11-23
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an by Call Number: BP133 .E53 2001 v.1-5ISBN: 9789004123564Publication Date: 2005-12-29
Exploring the Qur'an: Context and Impact by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781780763651Publication Date: 2017-06-30
How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780807835166Publication Date: 2011-12-05
The Koran in English: A Biography by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780691155586Publication Date: 2017-06-20
Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Style by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781845117894Publication Date: 2010-10-15
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781118964804Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Please refer to the Online Resources tab for a broader selection of Qur'anic commentaries available online in English.
Classical Commentaries
An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries by Call Number: BP130.1 A6 2010ISBN: 9780199600595Publication Date: 2010-12-15
Lataif Al-Isharat [Subtle Allusions: Great Commentaries on the Holy Qur'an Part I, Surahs 1-4] by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781891785214Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780415505079Publication Date: 2012-12-05
Commentaries on Commentaries
Al-Kashshaf: Al-Zamakhshari's Mu'tazilite Exegesis of the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9783110532012Publication Date: 2017-08-21
Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an : Al-itqan Fi 'ulum Al-Qur'an by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781859642412Publication Date: 2010-11-01
Razi: Master of Quranic Interpretation and Theological Reasoning by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199947997Publication Date: 2014-11-28
Contemporary Commentaries
In the Shade of the Qur'an Vol. 1-18 (Fi Zilal Al-Qur'an) by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780860373469Publication Date: variedComplete translation of Qutb's commentary in 18 volumes.
The Qur'an in Plain English: Part 30 With Surah Al-Fatihah by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780860372332Publication Date: 2017-04-11
Towards Understanding the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780860375104Publication Date: 2016-06-14Open access ebook provided by the Islamic Foundation in the UK.
'Ulum Al-Qur'an: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780860372486Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'án by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780773524262Publication Date: 2002-06-17
Islam and Its Past: Jahiliyya, Late Antiquity, and the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780198748496Publication Date: 2017-08-22
Mahmud Shaltut and Islamic Modernism by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780198263302Publication Date: 1993-11-25
Major Themes of the Qur'an by Call Number: BP132 .R33 2009ISBN: 9780226702865Publication Date: 2009-06-15
The Qur'an: A Historical-Critical Introduction by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780748695768Publication Date: 2017-10-01
The Qur'an and Its Readers Worldwide: Contemporary Commentaries and Translations by Call Number: BP130 .45 .Q673 2015ISBN: 9780198754770Publication Date: 2016-02-24
The Qur'an and Its Study: An In-depth Explanation of Islam's Sacred Scripture by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780860377856Publication Date: 2020-05-19
The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780231173780Publication Date: 2015-12-08
Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History: Exploring the Boundaries of a Genre by Call Number: BP130 .T335 2014ISBN: 9780198702061Publication Date: 2015-02-27
Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'ān by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780292709034Publication Date: 2002-06-15
Gender and Muslim Construction of Exegetical Authority: A Rereading of the Classical Genre of Qur'an Commentary by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9789004294448Publication Date: 2015-06-01
Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781107041523Publication Date: 2015-06-09
Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice by ISBN: 9780228001621Publication Date: 2020-12-10
Qur'an of the Oppressed: Liberation Theology and Gender Justice in Islam by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780198796480Publication Date: 2017-04-16
Recovering the Female Voice in Islamic Scripture Women Who Protest and the Making of Abrahamic Theology by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781472426376Publication Date: 2014-08-11
Woman's Identity and the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813030326Publication Date: 2004-12-31
Women and the Qur'an: A Study in Islamic Hermeneutics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780773444041Publication Date: 2009-09-23
Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780195111484Publication Date: 1996-08-22
- Qur'an Tafsir Ibn KathirAn initiative of Salafi preacher Yusuf Estes, this online platform allows users to search for commentary by Ibn Kathir on a chapter and verse basis.
- The Quranic Arabic CorpusThe Quranic Arabic Corpus is an annotated linguistic resource which shows the Arabic grammar, syntax and morphology for each word in the Holy Quran. The corpus provides three levels of analysis: morphological annotation, a syntactic treebank and a semantic ontology.
- Tafsir al-MizanA commentary on the Qur'an by the Shi'i scholar `Allamah al-Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Tabataba’i (d. 1981).
- Towards Understanding the Qur'anEnglish translation of Tafheem al-Qur'an by Sayyid Abul A la Mawdüdi. This commentary of the Qur'an was produced by the Islamic Foundation in the UK.
Jesus in Muslim-Christian Conversation by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781532613548Publication Date: 2018-03-01
The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199697762Publication Date: 2015-11-30
The Qur'an and the Bible by Call Number: BP134 .B4 .R469 2018ISBN: 9780300181326Publication Date: 2018-06-05
Reading the Bible in Islamic Context by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781138093577Publication Date: 2017-11-13
Scriptural Polemics: The Qur'an and Other Religions by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199359363Publication Date: 2014-06-02
The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780802869081Publication Date: 2013-09-30
- Lane's LexiconLane's Lexicon is a scholarly dictionary of the Arabic Language. It is the product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor, and remains a key resource in the field of Arabic lexicography. The full text of Lane's Lexicon can be accessed and searched online as an initiative from Fons Vitae.
Online Reference
- Qur'anic Studies Online This link opens in a new windowQur'anic Studies Online gives access to:
- Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān Online
- Early Western Korans Online
- Qur'an Concordance
- Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage - Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur'an This link opens in a new windowThe Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān (IEQ) draws on a wide range of traditional Muslim sources to present all concepts, places, persons, events, and things mentioned in the Qur'an. The encyclopedia is still in the process of being developed.
- Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Volume II, Islam This link opens in a new windowBrowse genres, and select "Scriptural Commentaries, Exegetical Writings, & Textual Criticism."
Key Subject Headings
Searching for commentaries on particular juz' (parts) of the Qur'an.
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