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The Questioner: What is your opinion of the tafsīr (Qur’ān exegesis) book “Rūh al-Ma’ānī” by “al-Ālūsī”?
The Shaykh: I believe that this book – meaning a book of tafsīr – (is) very beneficial; if not (for the fact) that it contains something of Sufi elements in a chapter/section (which) he dedicates after he interprets the verses according to the established method among the scholars of tafsīr; where he says: “Chapter on allusions/indications” (bāb fī al-ishārah), so he brings Sufi interpretations which we do not approve of; especially since he is a knowledgeable and virtuous man, and he has a strong inclination toward Salafiyyah, and distance from much of what some of the later commentators (of tafsīr) fell into regarding the misinterpretation of verses about divine attributes (of Allāh) and belief in some innovations and superstitions.
So his tafsīr is free from such matters, and he is indeed a great scholar as evidenced by this tafsīr of his, were it not for his leaning toward some Sufi elements. Perhaps what led him to this was that he lived in a time when Sufism and tarīqah orders and such prevailed.
In any case, if a student of knowledge takes care to study this tafsīr and benefit from it, and stays away from this particular chapter or section that he establishes regarding interpretation through Sufi allusions, then there is much good in it, in shā’ Allāh. (Link)
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