Tafsir Bi al-Ma'tsur: Concepts and Methodology

Abstract

Islam as a samawi religion provides 2 sources for its followers, namely the Qur’an and hadith, understanding the Qur’an as a source in Islam requires a process of interpretation of one of the sciences that develops in the process of interpretation. al-Qur’an is the interpretation of bi al-ma’tsur, how the concept of understanding, development, and method of interpretation are, these three things are the focus of research in this study. This research is a literature review with a qualitative descriptive approach. The results of the discussion provide an overview, first, etymologically the word bi al-ma’tsur is taken from one of the words in Arabic, with the definition of understanding as a pattern of interpretation that uses riwayah, second, the development of bi al-ma’tsur interpretation begins with the process of narration of the Qur’an and hadith up to the accounting period, third, the method of interpretation of the bi al-ma’tsur elements riwayah in interpreting the verses of the Qur’an.
 Keywords: interpretation, bi al-Ma’tsur, concepts, methodology