| Source | Contents | Quality | Legality | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Fragments, Surah 1-18 only | Low (OCR errors, handwritten notes) | Grey area (older out-of-copyright) | | Academia.edu | Research papers citing al-Baydawi; rarely the full text | High (for papers) / Low (for scans) | Usually just previews | | Google Books | Full preview of BYU translation (limited pages) | High (Publisher scan) | Legal preview only | | Scribd | Uploaded user copies (often incomplete) | Medium | Subscription required / often violates copyright | | Muslim Library Websites | Arabic PDF only; rarely English | High (Arabic) | Legal for Arabic text |
It was one of the first Qur'anic commentaries to catch the eye of European scholars, with major portions published in Leipzig as early as Accessing the English Translation
| Source | Contents | Quality | Legality | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Fragments, Surah 1-18 only | Low (OCR errors, handwritten notes) | Grey area (older out-of-copyright) | | Academia.edu | Research papers citing al-Baydawi; rarely the full text | High (for papers) / Low (for scans) | Usually just previews | | Google Books | Full preview of BYU translation (limited pages) | High (Publisher scan) | Legal preview only | | Scribd | Uploaded user copies (often incomplete) | Medium | Subscription required / often violates copyright | | Muslim Library Websites | Arabic PDF only; rarely English | High (Arabic) | Legal for Arabic text |
It was one of the first Qur'anic commentaries to catch the eye of European scholars, with major portions published in Leipzig as early as Accessing the English Translation Tafsir Al-baydawi English Pdf
