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The number of tafsirs is massive. One of the most respected and widely used tafsir is that of ibn Kathir, which uses [[hadith]] to explain the meanings of Qur'an verses (as the Qur'an is largely without context). Other highly respected the tafsir of Tabari, the tafsir of Qurtubi, the tafsir of Baghawi, and the Tafsir of the Jalalayn (of the two Jalals, Jalal Ud-Din al-Mahalli and Jalal Ud-Din As-Suyuti <ref name="Brill 2004 p. ">{{cite book | title=The encyclopaedia of Islam. 12: Supplement | publisher=Brill | publication-place=Leiden | date=2004 | isbn=978-90-04-13974-9 | page=86}}</ref>. Tafsirs continue to be produced to the modern period, with some of them more famous being that of Al-Wasit in the 19th century and of Sayyid Qutb in the 20th century.