<p>The&nbsp;<em>tafsīr</em>&nbsp;of al-Qurṭubī is perhaps one of the most compendious of them all and is certainly among the most famous. As its title,&nbsp;<em>al-Jāmi&lsquo; li Aḥkām al-Qur&rsquo;ān</em>&nbsp;&ndash; The General Judgments of the Qur&rsquo;an, suggests, its main focus is on the rulings and judgments to be found in the Qur&rsquo;ān. However, in the course of doing that, al-Qurṭubī examines all the relevant sciences necessary, such as the&nbsp;<em>ḥadīth</em>&nbsp;pertaining to the&nbsp;<em>āyahs</em>, events in the&nbsp;<em>sīrah,&nbsp;</em>what the Companions, their Followers and other noted people of knowledge said about the&nbsp;<em>āyahs</em>, essential aspects of Arabic etymology, syntax and usage, copiously illustrated by examples, and much more.</p><p>In this volume the author treats the&nbsp;<em>ḥajj</em>, the People of the Book and relations with them, there is a major exposition of matters surrounding the Battle of Uḥud, with the interpolation of an <em>āyah</em> in prohibition of usury, wrong action and forgiveness, the death of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the immense&nbsp;<em>āyah</em>s on dhikr of Allah in every circumstance and reflection on the creation of the heavens and the earth, and then in Sūrat an-Nisā&rsquo; many matters to do with the rights of women, and the laws of inheritance.</p>