METODOLOGI PENTAFSIRAN AL-TABARI DALAM JAMIC AL-BAYAN CAN TA’WIL AY AL-QUR’AN: SATU KAJIAN AWAL

Abstract

This article seeks to examine and recognize the Jamic’ al-Bayan can Ta’wil Ay al-Qur’an
tafseer written by Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari. This noble book is also known as Ibn Jarir
al-Tabari tafseer among Islamic scholars today. Imam al-Suyuti stated that all of the noble
books of tafseer, written after Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, take his opinion and make Ibn Jarir al-
Tabari’s tafseer as a reference. Most of the muktabar scholars (muktabar ulama’) agreed
that there are none who writes like him at the time. This article focuses on two aspects which
includes a summary biographies of Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari and a summary of the
methodology of interpretation of the noble book of Jamic’ al-Bayan can Ta’wil Ay al-Qur’an.
This article uses the methods of documentation of references and journals as well as library
researches relevant to the Ibn Jarir al-Tabari ’s interpretations.