ABSTRACT
There has been only a vague understanding of Ṭanṭāwī Jawharī’s tafsīr, and scholars are not familiar enough with the main themes he discusses in his 26-volume interpretation. Sometimes, it feels that his exegetical message is complicated and misunderstood. Thus, instead of relying on his tafsīr’s endnotes, I went through every volume in an attempt to find the key pieces of evidence that may enable scholars to understand Shaykh Ṭanṭāwī Jawharī’s approach, reasoning, ideas, and thought on Qurʾān interpretation in the early twentieth century. Following many earlier exegetes, he first gives a literal interpretation (tafsīr lafẓī) to many sūras, an approach which is not that different from other exegetical works. However, in contrast to almost all Muslim and non-Muslim scholars (including Bucaille), he provided readers with different sections for each chapter/verse.
