Ta'wil Muchkil Al Qur'an

Author: Imam Abi Muhammad Abdullah bin Muslim bin Qutayba al-Dinawari, al-Risalah Center for Heritage Studies and Preservation, edited by Saad bin Najdat Omar.

This book is considered an important reference in the sciences of the Quran, regarding the meanings and issues. It contains benefits from various methods in this area. After having mentioned the specific characteristics of the Arabic language used by God, he responds to criticisms of the Quran, whether with regard to the different readings, the melody, the contradictions, or the divergences. Then it deals with ambiguous verses, figurative expressions, metaphors, deletions, shortcuts, repetitions, allusions, meanings, then disjointed letters and discussions about them. Then he gives an overview of some problematic verses, comments on them and explains their content. Finally, he mentions a few terms carrying more than one meaning, talks about the letters of the meanings, and then goes into the placement of the letters in relation to each other. Thus, the book addresses various topics, all converging towards a single path.