Commentaries on Soorahs al-Ikhlaas, al-Falaq and an-Naas were first prepared and presented to my students in the year 1991 in Riyadh and re-presented 15 years later in my Friday Tafseer class at the Qatar Guest Center, Doha, Qatar, in the three months between November 2006 and January 2007. However, like my commentaries on previously published chapters like Soorah al-Kahf, Yaaseen, al-Mulk, al-Burooj, and al-Hujuraat this commentary is a greatly expanded version of the original one which was based mainly on Tafseer Ibn Katheer. This Tafseer contains a far greater depth of understanding due to the number of other classical and contemporary commentaries used like al-Qurtubee’s al-Jaami‘ li Ahkaam al-Qur’aan, Ibn al-Qayyim’s Compilations, ash-Shawkaanee’s Fat’h al-Qadeer, ash-Shanqeetee’s Adwaa ul-Bayaan, as-Sa‘dee’s Tayseer al-Kareem ar-Rahmaan, and Al ‘Uthaymeen’s Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-Kareem. It also contains further reflection on the verses based on my personal experience and exposure to knowledge during the intervening years.

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