Institut Imtiyaz teachings on the commentary of the Qur’an, free to listen to.
First season — July 2026
From 20 to 25 July 2026, Institut Imtiyaz held its summer seminar, « Rencontre autour du tafsîr ». Five teachings were given by Idrîs de Vos, Grégory Vandamme and Omar Bellaari: nearly fifteen hours devoted to the commentary of the Qur’an, from the Fâtiha to the great spiritual readings.
These teachings are given in French. YouTube generates automatic subtitles for them: click the subtitles button, then Settings → Subtitles → Auto-translate to read them in your own language. Be aware that this transcription is machine-generated: it conveys the general argument, but remains approximate, particularly for Arabic names and technical terms.
- The tafsirs of the Fâtiha: scope and depth — Idrîs de Vos (2 h 34)
The sura that opens the Qur’an and returns in every prayer, through the breadth and depth of the commentaries it has inspired. - A history of Sufi tafsirs — Grégory Vandamme (3 h 00)
How the spiritual commentary of the Qur’an took shape and developed over the centuries. - The heart in the Qur’an (1/2) — Omar Bellaari (2 h 50)
The place of the heart in the Qur’an, its vocabulary and its spiritual significance. - Examples of Sufi tafsirs: Ibn ʿArabî, Ibn ʿAjîba, Rûzbehân Baqlî — Grégory Vandamme (3 h 25)
A study of examples drawn from the great Sufi commentators. - The heart in the Qur’an (2/2) — Omar Bellaari (2 h 23)
The second part of the cycle devoted to the heart in the Qur’an.
Listen to the full series — the five teachings follow the order of the seminar.
Further reading
- Table of the major tafsirs — a panorama of 108 commentaries on the Qur’an, from the origins to the present day
- History and science of tafsîr — the stages in the formation of Qur’anic exegesis