for Surat Al ‘Imran, published by Maktabat al-Dar in Medina, from which I benefited greatly, especially in correcting the chains of transmission, as many of these chains are frequently repeated.

2- There is a lacuna in folio numbers 114-115, containing the end of Surat al-A‘raf and the beginning of Surat al-Anfal. I completed it from the theses of Brother Hamad Ahmad Abu Bakr and Dr. ‘Iyad al-Kubaysi, given that these distinguished gentlemen were able to obtain and photograph them from their original sources.

• I performed the Takhrij (verification of the chains) for the elevated (marfu‘) hadiths.

• I sufficed with performing the Takhrij for the reports and narrations from the printed Tafsir works from which the author quoted, such as: Tafsir ‘Abd al-Razzaq, Tafsir Sufyan al-Thawri, and Tafsir Mujahid.

As for the lost Tafsir works from which the author drew, I made the Tafsir of Ibn Abi Hatim the primary source for this, and I did not cross-reference the Tafsir works that came after him except in the case of correcting the text.

• I mentioned the evaluation of the hadith or report as stated by scholars such as: the Hafiz Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir and al-Suyuti, as well as what was stated by Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari, al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, and al-Tirmidhi in his Jami‘.

[Section Two:]

(Collecting the lost narrations from the Tafsir):

A- I relied in collecting the narrations on the following books:

1- Tafsir al-Qur’an al-‘Azim by Ibn Kathir.

2- Al-Durr al-Manthur by al-Suyuti.

3- Fath al-Bari by Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani.

4- Taghliq al-Ta‘liq by Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani.

5- Fath al-Qadir by al-Shawkani.