Al-Fawz al-Kabir fi Usul al-Tafsir

al fawz al kabir fi usul al tafsir

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مُقَدِّمَةُ

Introduction

الْكِتَابِ

of the book

Introduction of the book

إِنَّ

Indeed

آلَاءَ

bounties

اللَّهِ

of Allah

- تَعَالَى -

- Exalted is He -

وَنِعَمَهُ

and His favors

عَلَى

upon

عَبْدِهِ

His servant

الضَّعِيفِ

the weak

كَثِيرَةٌ

are many

لَا

not

تُحْصَى،

counted,

Indeed, the bounties and favors of Allah - Exalted is He - upon His weak servant are many and cannot be counted,

وَأَجَلُّ

and the greatest of

هَذِهِ

these

النِّعَمِ

favors

تَوْفِيقُهُ

is His granting success

إِيَّايَ

to me

لِفَهْمِ

in understanding

كِتَابِهِ

His Book

الْحَكِيمِ،

the Wise,

and the greatest of these favors is His granting me success in understanding His Wise Book,

وَإِنَّ

and indeed

مِنَنَ

favors of

سَيِّدِنَا

our master

رَسُولِ

the Messenger

اللَّهِ

of Allah

- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -

- peace and blessings be upon him -

عَلَى

upon

أَصْغَرِ

the smallest

أَفْرَادِ

of individuals

أُمَّتِهِ،

of his nation,

and indeed the favors of our master the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him - upon the least of his nation,

مَنْزِلَةً،

in status,

عَظِيمَةٌ

are great

وَفِيرَةٌ،

and abundant,

وَأَعْظَمُهَا

and the greatest of them

تَبْلِيغُهُ

is his conveying

- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -

- peace and blessings be upon him -

لِكِتَابِ

of the Book

رَبِّهِ

of his Lord

- عَزَّ وَجَلَّ -.

- Almighty and Majestic -.

in status, are great and abundant, and the greatest of them is his conveying - peace and blessings be upon him - of the Book of his Lord - Almighty and Majestic -.

لَقَدْ

Indeed

تَلَقَّى

received

الْجِيلُ

the generation

الْأَوَّلُ

first

مِنْهُ

from him

- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -

- peace and blessings be upon him -

الْقُرْآنَ

the Quran

الْكَرِيمَ،

the Noble,

Indeed, the first generation received from him - peace and blessings be upon him - the Noble Quran,

وَتَلَقَّى

and received

الْجِيلُ

the generation

الثَّانِي

second

مِنَ

from

الْجِيلِ

the generation

الْأَوَّلِ

first

وَهَكَذَا

and thus

دَوَالَيْكَ

onward

حَتَّى

until

وَصَلَ

it reached

إِلَى

to

الْعَبْدِ

the servant

الضَّعِيفِ

the weak

فَنَالَ

so he obtained

حَظَّهُ

his share

مِنْ

from

تِلَاوَتِهِ

its recitation

وَفَهْمِهِ

and its understanding

وَتَدَبُّرِهِ.

and its contemplation.

and the second generation received it from the first, and so on onward until it reached the weak servant, so he obtained his share of its recitation, understanding, and contemplation.

اللَّهُمَّ

O Allah

صَلِّ

send prayers

عَلَى

upon

هَذَا

this

النَّبِيِّ

Prophet

الْكَرِيمِ،

Noble,

O Allah, send prayers upon this Noble Prophet,

سَيِّدِنَا

our master

وَمَوْلَانَا

and our protector

شَفِيعِنَا

our intercessor

أَفْضَلَ

the best of

صَلَوَاتِكَ

Your prayers

وَأَيْمَنِ

and the most auspicious of

بَرَكَاتِكَ

Your blessings

وَعَلَى

and upon

آلِهِ

his family

وَأَصْحَابِهِ،

and his companions,

our master and our protector, our intercessor, with the best of Your prayers and the most auspicious of Your blessings, and upon his family and his companions,

وَعُلَمَاءِ

and the scholars of

أُمَّتِهِ

his nation

أَجْمَعِينَ،

all of them,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ

by Your mercy

يَا

O

أَرْحَمَ

Most Merciful of

الرَّاحِمِينَ.

the merciful.

and all the scholars of his nation, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

أَمَّا

As for

بَعْدُ!

then!

As for what follows!

يَقُولُ

Says

الْفَقِيرُ

the one in need

إِلَى

to

اللَّهِ،

Allah,

وَلِيُّ

Wali

اللَّهِ

Allah

بْنُ

son of

عَبْدِ

Abdul

الرَّحِيمِ

Rahim

The one in need of Allah, Wali Allah bin Abdul Rahim - says

- عَامِلَهُمَا

- may He deal with both of them

اللَّهُ

Allah

- تَعَالَى -

- Exalted is He -

بِلُطْفِهِ

with His kindness

الْعَظِيمِ -:

the great -

- may Allah - Exalted is He - deal with both of them with His great kindness -:

إِنَّهُ

Indeed

لَمَّا

when

فَتَحَ

opened

اللَّهُ

Allah

- تَعَالَى -

- Exalted is He -

عَلَيَّ

upon me

بَابًا

a door

مِنْ

from

كِتَابِهِ

His Book

الْحَكِيمِ،

the Wise,

Indeed, when Allah - Exalted is He - opened upon me a door from His Wise Book,

خَطَرَ

it occurred

لِي

to me

أَنْ

that

أُقَيِّدَ

I record

الْفَوَائِدَ

the benefits

النَّافِعَةَ

beneficial

الَّتِي

which

تَنْفَعُ

benefit

إِخْوَانِي

my brothers

فِي

in

تَدَبُّرِ

contemplating

كَلَامِ

the speech

اللَّهِ

of Allah

- عَزَّ وَجَلَّ -

- Almighty and Majestic -

it occurred to me to record the beneficial points that benefit my brothers in contemplating the speech of Allah - Almighty and Majestic -

وَأَرْجُو

and I hope

أَنَّ

that

مُجَرَّدَ

merely

فَهْمِ

understanding

هَذِهِ

these

الْقَوَاعِدِ

rules

يَفْتَحُ

will open

لِلطُّلَّابِ

for the students

طَرِيقًا

a path

وَاسِعًا

wide

إِلَى

to

فَهْمِ

understanding

and I hope that merely understanding these rules will open for students a wide path to understanding