In 11 volumes, an encyclopedia in the sciences of the Qur'an, with interpretation, parsing, sciences of readings, grammar, language, poetry, rhetoric, and other Quran'ic sciences. by Ahmad bin Yusuf, known as al-Samin al-Halabi ( ( d. 756/1355). The author was born and raised in Aleppo in present day Syria, where he excelled in grammar and in Qur'anic readings. He traveled to Egypt where he increased his knowledge in Qur'an and hadith, and created this major reference.