A book that was granted by Allaah to be widely accepted by the Muslims, there is hardly a library, whether private or public, that does not include this book.

He used a knowledge based method in commenting on the versus of the Qur-aan with great eloquence, the importance of this book becomes clear after reflecting over his methodology which can be summarized with the following points:

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As Suyootee stated: ‘He authored the Tafseer, the likes of which has never been written.’

Ash Shawkaanee stated: ‘He authored many books, amongst them is the renowned Tafseer in a number of volumes, he gathered a lot of knowledge in it, he related the opinions the Madhaahib, Ahaadeeth and Athaar, he spoke with the best of speech, it is amongst the best books of Tafseer if not the best.’