The two imams Approach in "Revelation and Explanation" and Al-Baghawi in "Aspects of Revelation" A Comparative Study

Abstract

This research addresses: A comparison between the method of two prominent Imams of Tafsir, namely Imam Abu Ishaq Al-Tha'labi and Imam Abu Al-Hasan Al-Baghawi. The study aims to highlight their methodologies and the points of similarity and difference in their interpretations, and the extent to which Al-Baghawi relied on Al-Tha'labi in the composition of his Tafsir, and the differences between them. The importance of the research lies in the importance of Tafsir "Revelation and Explanation" and "Aspects of Revelation", and the status of Tafsir knowledge connected to the book of Allah Almighty. The research has reached a set of results, the most prominent of which is: The Tafsirs of Imam Al-Tha'labi and Al-Baghawi are two important sources among the Tafsir books of the narrated in sunnah. Imam Al-Baghawi was keen on mentioning hadith with a verified chain of narrators (Musnad), which makes him a source among the sources of attribution and source verification (takhrij). Although Al-Baghawi's Tafsir is condensed from the book "Revelation and Explanation" by Imam Al-Tha'labi, he kept his Tafsir from heresy and Israelites.