Description
Tafseer is the arabic word for exegesis of the Quran. Mufasireen (authors of tafseer) explain and interpret the Quran through many ways. Firstly, interpreting the Quran by the Quran i.e a Quranic verse may be explained by another verse in a different Surah of the Quran. Secondly, a verse may be explanied by ahadith - sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Furthermore a verse may be explained linguistically, i.e why Allah chose certain words etc, it may be explained by its reason for revelation (asbaab al-nuzool) and the context of it's revelation. This is but a brief introduction to tafseer.