Ibn Kathir born in 1302 AD was scholar of History and a mufassir (Qur'an
commentator) . He was renowned for his great memory regarding the sayings of Muhammad
and the entire Qur'an.
Ibn Kathir wrote a famous commentary of the Qur'an named Tafsir ibn Kathir which
linked certain Hadith, or sayings of Muhammad, and sayings of the sahaba to verses
of the Qur'an, in explanation. Tafsir Ibn Kathir is famous all
over the Muslim world and among Muslims in the Western world, and is one of the
most widely used explanations of the Qu'ran today. This site introduces the reader
to one of the most Authentic books for explaining the Quran using both arabic and
english text to grasp the understanding of the Quran.
More than 10 million people living today (mostly non-Arabs) have memorized the Quran
in the Arabic language on earth today.