Recommended Books Of Tafsir With Context
In our epistemology, Quran is not studied in the light of individual historical narratives. Quran is studied, among other things, in the light of its internal context, coherence and in the light of established history. Please see for the principles of Understanding Quran : Discussion 55737 Historical narratives are only essential when Quran is explicitly referring to any such incident without mentioning its details, otherwise, such narratives may be studied for academic purposes or supplementary purposes, but they are not essential in understanding the Quran. The questions raised by you in the main post are answered in Al-Bayan from Quran’s internal context and established history. There was no need to refer to any historical book to understand those verses. For academic or supplementary purposes, sure one can refer to any tafseer book like Tafsir-e-Tabri or its summarized form in Tafsir ibn-e-kathir .