The book of topics in the books of interpretation is considered one of the contemporary books that have been classified on the subject of the narrations of the People of the Book and the topics, and the most famous of them is. It was written by Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Suwailem Abu Shahba, one of the professors of interpretation and hadith sciences at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. This book has gained wide popularity and spread in light of the general rejection of these narrations. The period of its writing and beyond.
There is no doubt that the book is a very important reference for every researcher on this subject. Because it was full of theorizing and application of its own, and because it is considered a summary of critical thought in this regard in interpretation, Abu Shahba - may God have mercy on him - benefited from what his predecessors said in theory and application and based his book on that, so it is no surprise that the book was one of the important books in this section.
The book engages clearly and with its author’s knowledge from the beginning in rejecting this type of narrations and demonstrating their falsity and invalidity and the necessity of staying away from them and avoiding them when interpreting the word of God Almighty. Therefore, everything that the author discussed in this book regarding areas of interpretation regarding the narrations of the People of the Book, he only discussed in this context: explaining their invalidity. And its violation of sound reasoning and transmission is an excuse and a warning. This is the purpose of the book.
To achieve this goal, the author - may God have mercy on him - took the critical approach as a main approach in dealing with the subject and treating the interpretive areas in which these narrations were mentioned. He was also keen to mobilize all the aspects of criticism and statements of previous scholars that he could muster in refuting these narrations and demonstrating their invalidity and the invalidity of the interpretation based on them in All the citizens I mentioned.
The book is fully indexed, compatible with the printed version, its size is very small, and it works without the Internet.