Tafsir Made Easy Surah al-Fatihah & Surah al-Baqarah
Translated by Khalil Klopfenstein
What Scholars Have Said About This Tafsir
One of the books recommended for this beginning stage and a book that I always recommend as the first book is at-Tafsir al-Muyassar, published by the King Fahad Complex. That is because this book has a very important feature, which is that it focuses first and foremost on the overall meaning even if it may not touch on all of the subfields of tafsir such as the circumstances behind the revelation or always explaining the linguistic meaning of a word. Nonetheless, the least we can say is that this book is the building blocks for understanding the big-picture meanings. I always say that the first goal of reading for the beginner is to understand the overall meaning, and this book has placed prime importance on that. I say: for anyone who wants to embark on the first stage of learning, this book is an important and valuable book to begin with. (Musaid at-Tayyar, Full Professor of Qur'anic Sciences at King Sa'ud University)
This is a work that focuses on the overall meanings and using very easy-to-understand language. A beginner can look at the notes in the margins and easily understand the intended message of an Ayah. It is one of the most valuable and most sound abridged books of tafsir, in sha' Allah. This should be in every Muslim home and spread throughout the Islamic world. (Abdur-Rahman ash-Shehri, Full Professor of Our'anic Sciences at King Saüd University,
Director of Markaz at-Tafsir)
I advise every Muslim to pay attention to the book at-Tafsir al-Muyassar written by a committee of scholars. Every day before sleeping or at the beginning of his day, he can read a short portion of it so that he does not become detached from and erstanding the Book of his Lord. ('Ali ar-Ramli,
Director of ad-Din al-Qayyim Center
One of the beneficial abridged works in the field of Tafsir is at-Tafsir al-Muyassar, written by a group of scholars and published by the King Fahd Complex for Printing wilt en brat, it is a very suitable work for beginning students of knowledge. (‘Abdul-Karim al-Khudhayr, Member of the Council of Senior Scholars & the Standing Committee for Legal Verdicts in Saudi Arabia)
