Fi zilal al-Qur'an
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In the Shade of the Qur'an (Arabic: في ظِلالِ القرآن ) is a highly influential commentary on Islam's holy book, the Qur'an, written by the Egyptian Islamic philosopher and leader, Sayyid Qutb, while imprisoned following an attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1954. It is considered by some Muslims to be a comprehensive and far-reaching tafsir that takes a clear and lucid interpretation of the Quran. However, it has also been criticized by some modernists and traditional Ulama alike, as an extended personal opinion or essay rather than a well-evidenced textual commentary, and for not adhering to the traditional structure for a Tafsir. It has much influence throughout the Islamic world, especially amongst the ordinary lay practitioners of Islam in the Arab world.
The work extends to 30 volumes and has been translated into several languages, including English, French, German, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian, Persian and Bengali.
