Status Updates From The History of Al-Tabari, V...

"Were it not for (my) dislike of making the book too long and getting off the subject, I would quote poetry by poets of the Jahiliyyah which mentions some of what I have said about 'Ad and Thamud and their affairs. From this, those who do not admit how well-known they were would learn the truth about their fame."

*Proceeds to write a book that was translated into 40 volumes in English* 🤣

“She had made Joseph sit in another room and when her guests arrived she gave them citrons and gave each of them a knife. This being done she called to Joseph, "Come out here to them!" Joseph came out to them, and when they saw him they exalted him and were so distracted by his beauty that they cut themselves in the hands with their knives, thinking that they were cutting their citrons.” a fav

So far, just reviewing commentaries on Genesis from Noah to Nimrod...and beyond...