Bibliography
Tafsir, academic studies, hadith, rhetoric and the data sources powering QuranCodex.
This page is a categorised list of books, articles, and data sources referenced — directly or indirectly — across the site. It is a statement of intent: the site does not derive interpretations on its own; rather, it cites the works of classical and modern scholars and academic researchers. Contested areas (notably the scientific-miracle literature) are grouped separately and flagged with methodological nuance.
Tafsir — Classical Period
- Muhammed b. Cerîr et-Taberî—Câmiu'l-Beyân an Te'vîli Âyi'l-Kur'ân(d. 923)
The foundational work of early narrative tafsir.
Classical tafsir focused on rhetoric and linguistics.
- Fahreddin er-Râzî—Mefâtîhu'l-Gayb (Tefsîr-i Kebîr)(12-13. yy)
Pinnacle of rational/theological exegesis; key reference for munasebat analysis.
- Muhammed b. Ahmed el-Kurtubî—el-Câmi' li-Ahkâmi'l-Kur'ân(d. 1273)
Classical reference for legal exegesis.
- İsmail b. Kesîr—Tefsîru'l-Kur'âni'l-Azîm(14. yy)
Salaf-tradition focused; among the most widely cited tafsirs.
- Abdullah b. Ömer el-Beydâvî—Envâru't-Tenzîl ve Esrâru't-Te'vîl(d. 1286)
Standard tafsir in the madrasa tradition.
- Celâleddin es-Süyûtî · Celâleddin el-Mahallî—Tefsîru'l-Celâleyn(15. yy)
Concise theological tafsir.
Tafsir — Modern Period
- Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (Elmalılı)—Hak Dini Kur'ân Dili(1935-38)
Foundational Turkish tafsir of the Republican era.
- Ebu'l-A'lâ el-Mevdûdî—Tefhîmü'l-Kur'ân(1942-72)
Influential Urdu tafsir of contemporary Islamic thought.
- Seyyid Kutub—Fî Zılâli'l-Kur'ân(1951-65)
Modern Arabic tafsir with literary and social emphasis.
- Muhammed Esed—The Message of the Qur'an(1980)
English translation-commentary with rationalist approach.
- Yaşar Nuri Öztürk—Kur'ân-ı Kerim Meali(1993)
Modern Turkish translation-commentary.
Contemporary contextual reading with root-based word analysis.
Academic & Quranic Studies
- Toshihiko Izutsu—Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'an(1966)
Semantic field analysis in the Qur'an — conceptual network relations.
- Toshihiko Izutsu—God and Man in the Qur'an(1964)
Semantic mapping of key Quranic concepts.
- Michael Sells—Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations(1999)
Literary structure of the early Meccan suras.
Reading the Qur'an in late antique context (Corpus Coranicum project).
- Walid A. Saleh—The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition(2004)
Formation of the classical tafsir tradition — focused on al-Tha'labī.
- Andrew Rippin—The Qur'an and Its Interpretive Tradition(2001)
Essays on historiography and methodology of tafsir.
- Neal Robinson—Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text(2003)
Structural-literary approach to sura analysis.
- Devin J. Stewart—Mysterious Letters and Other Formal Features of the Qur'an in Light of Greek and Babylonian Oracular Texts(2011)
Comparative literary analysis of the mysterious letters (muqatta'at).
- Raymond K. Farrin—Structure and Qur'anic Interpretation: A Study of Symmetry and Coherence in Islam's Holy Text(2014)
Ring composition analysis — symmetric structures within suras.
- Mustansir Mir—Coherence in the Qur'an: A Study of Islahi's Concept of Nazm in Tadabbur-i Qur'an(1986)
Islahi's concept of nazm — internal coherence of suras.
- Fazlur Rahman—Major Themes of the Qur'an(1980)
Modern systematic treatment of the Qur'an's major themes.
Rhetoric & Quranic Sciences
Classical source on iltifat, rhetoric, and Quranic sciences.
- Celâleddin es-Süyûtî—el-İtkân fî Ulûmi'l-Kur'ân(d. 1505)
Encyclopedic compendium of Quranic sciences.
- Celâleddin es-Süyûtî—Lübâbu'n-Nukūl fî Esbâbi'n-Nüzûl(d. 1505)
Foundational source for occasions-of-revelation literature.
Systematic analysis of Quranic oaths.
- Ebû İshak eş-Şâtıbî—el-Muvâfakât(d. 1388)
Foundational work on the higher objectives of Islamic law.
Hadith & Sira
Most reliable hadith collection of the Kutub al-Sittah.
Second principal collection of the Kutub al-Sittah.
Key reference for hadith grading.
- Ebû Dâvûd—es-Sünen(d. 889)
Sunan with emphasis on legal hadiths.
- İbn Hişâm—es-Sîretü'n-Nebeviyye(d. 833)
Standard edition of Ibn Ishaq's biography of the Prophet.
- Muhammed b. Sa'd—Kitâbü't-Tabakâti'l-Kebîr(d. 845)
Primary source for biographies of companions and successors.
Science & History — Discussed Areas
Standard embryology textbook; Moore's Quranic interpretations are subject to academic debate.
Popular source of the scientific-miracle debate; claims are contested in mainstream academia.
- Birmingham Üniversitesi · Cadbury Research Library—Birmingham Quran Manuscript (Mingana 1572a)(Karbon: 568-645 CE (2015))
Among the earliest known Quran manuscripts — evidence of textual preservation.
Software, Data & Linguistic Corpora
Word-level morphological annotation; root and frequency data.
Late-antique context and manuscript variant database.
Verified Uthmani and simple text standard.
Translation, tafsir, and recitation APIs.
Open-access API for Turkish translations, verses, and sura data.
Multilingual embedding model used for semantic mapping and meaning-based search.
Standard Arabic font of the Madinah Mushaf.
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