Book Review: Kalimaat-ul-Quraan: Tafseer wa Bayaan

كَلِمَاتُ القُرْآنِ تَفْسِيْر وَ بَيَان

Kalimaat-ul-Quraan: Tafseer wa Bayaan

Followed by Ahkaam-at-Tilaawati wat-Tajweed

By ash-Shaykh Hasanayn Muhammad Makhloof

Printed by Daar Ibn Hazm

Pages: 416

This is a pocket-sized reference book covering the vocabulary of the Quran with an additional section covering the rulings of Tajweed. I couldn’t find a larger version of this book when I bought it at the bookstore in Dallas but it is a valuable reference book that I have benefited from whenever I translate verses of Allah’s Book on my own. I don’t like the fact that the type is small because my eye sight is poor, and to Allah I complain, however overall it is a book that I enjoy using. What I enjoy most is how the author defines the words in the Quran. I will give you an example in Soorat-ul-Baqarah you find the word:

لِّلْمُتَّقِيْنَ

“…For the Muttaqeen”

Which he defines as:

الَّذِيْنَ تَجَنَّبُوا المَعَاصِي وَ أدُّوا الفَرَائِض

“Those who abstain from disobedience and who perform the obligatory duties.”

Very simple, plain and to the point, the rest of the book is pretty much like this. I haven’t had a chance to read it from beginning to end but as I mentioned I rely on it a lot when I translate the verses of Allah’s Book in translations of the ‘Ulamaa. There are some difficult sections as far as the author’s explanation of certain words but most of how he defines these words are taken from the books of Tafseer. The Tajweed section is brief but covers the basic rulings that we should all know when reciting Allah’s book. May Allah reward the author and publishers for a beneficial book for those wanting to better understand the Book of Allah in the Arabic language.