The publication of this book is a landmark in the history of Islamic literature in English. With this work, for the first time, a complete translation of one of the great classical commentaries on the Holy Quran becomes available to English-speaking readers.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn, meaning The Commentary of the Two Jalals�, is named after its two authors: Jalalu'd-Din al-Mahalli (1389-1459), who wrote half of it, and his student, Jalalu'd-Din as-Suyuti (1445-1505), one of the greatest Muslim scholars of all, who completed it after al-Mahalli's death.