TAFSIR Flashcards

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WHAT IS TAFSIR?

A

CLARIFICATION AND EXPLANATION.

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FASAR AND AL-QAMUS MEANS?

A

MAKE CLEAR AND UNCOVER.

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ASFARA AS-SUBH?

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THE DAWN HAS BECOME BRIGHTER WHEN MORNING GROWS LIGHT.

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DEFINE TAFSIR IN ISLAMIC WAY?

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EXPOUNDING THE WORD OF ALLAH
OR
THE BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH WHICH THE BOOK OF ALLAH IS UNDERSTOOD, ITS MEANING IS EXPLAINED, RULINGS ARE DERIVED, AND LESSONS ARE LEARNED.

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OTHER NAME OF TAFSIR?

A

TAWEEL {INTERPRTATION]
TAKEN FROM ROOT WORD AWL
MEANS REVIEWING.

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FOUNDATIONS OF TAFSIR?

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  1. THE QURAN
  2. THE SUNAAH
  3. REPORTS OF SAHABAS
  4. ARABIC LANGUAGE, GRAMMER {NAHW}, MORPHOLOGY{SARF}
  5. RHETORIC {ILIM AL BYAN}
  6. PRINCIPLES OF ISLAM {JURISPRUDENECE}USAL AL FIAQ
  7. MODES OF RECITATION {QIRAAT}
  8. REASON FOR REVELATION{ASBAB -US-NSUL}
  9. THAT WHICH REPEAL OR ABROGATES
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DEVELOPMENT OF TAFSIR?

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  1. BY QURAN
  2. BY PROPHET PUBH
  3. BY SAHABAS
  4. BY TABAIEEN
  5. BY THE SCHOLARS
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8
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L3

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L4

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BOOKS OF TAFSIR ?

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  1. JAMI AL-BAYAN FI TAWEEL AL-QURAN

BY AUTHOR: THE SHAYKH OF THE MUFASSIREEN ABU JAFAR MUHAMMAD IBN JAREER AT-TABARI.

DIED: 310AH

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SECOND BOOK OF TAFSIR ?

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2.TAFSIR AL-QURAN AL-AZEEM.

AUTHOR: IMAD AD-DEEN ABI’FIDA LSMAIL IBN UMAR IBN KATHEER.

DIED: 774AH

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3 BOOK OF TAFSIR?

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MA’ALIM AT -TANZEEL(TAFSIR-AL BAGHAWI

AUTHOR : AL-BAGHAWI

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4TH BOOK OF TAFSIR?

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AL-JAMI’LIAHKAM AL QURAN

AUTHOR:MUHAMMAD IBN AHMAD IBN ABI BAKR IBN FARAH AL QURTUBI
DIED 671AH

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5TH BOOK?

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AD-DURR AL-MANTHUR FI’T -TAFSIR BI L-MATHUR

AUTHOR :JALA AD-DEEN IBN ABI BAKR IBN MUHAMMAD AS-SUYUTI

DEID 911AH

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6TH BOOK?

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FATH AL -QADEER

AUTHOR: MUHHAMMAD IBN ALI IBN MUHAMMAD IBN ABDLIAH ASH-SHAWAKANI
DIED 1250AH

HE USED THE LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW BASED ON SOUND ARABIC LANGUAGE

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15
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BOOKS TO AVOID?

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1,AL-KASHF WA’L -BAYAN’AN TAFSIR AL QURAN

AUTHOR: ABU ISHAQ AHMAD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN IBRAHIM ATH’LABI
D.427AH
PROBLEM IS JEWISH SOURCES, FABRICATED HADITS.

2.RUH AL-MAMNI FI TAFSIR AL-QURAN AL -AZEEM WA’SSAB’AL-MATHANI
AUTHOR: ABU’TH-THANA’SHIAB AD-DEEN AS-SAYYID MAHMOUD AFANDI AL-ALUSI
D.1270AH
PROBLEM: SUFI SYMBOLISM

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16
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L9

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L10

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17
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METHODOLOGIES OF TAFSIR

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  1. TAFSIR BASED ON REPORTS
    2 TAFSIR BASED ON SCHOLARLY OPNION
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18
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TAFSIR BASED ON REPORTS

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MEANING OF VERSE FROM THE PROPHET PUBH OR SAHABAH AND TABINEEN,WHICH QUOTES WITHOUT ADDING ANYTHING TO IT

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19
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TAFSIR BASED ON REPORTS DIVED INTO 4 CATEGORIES

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1 TAFSIR OF THE QURAN BY QURAN
2 TAFSIR OF THE QURAN BY THE SUNNAH
3 TAFSIR OF THE SAHABAH RA
4 TAFSIR OF THE TABIEEN

19
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BOOKS MOST FAMOUS BASED ON THE REPORTS

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1 JAMMI AL BAYAN FI TAWEEL AL QURAN BY IBN JAREER AT TABARI

2 MA ALIM AT TANZEEL AZEEM BY IBN KATHEER

3 TAFSIR AL QURAN AL AZEEM BY IBN KATHEER

4 AD DURRAL MANTHUR FIT TAFSIR BIL MATHUR BY AS SUYUTI

20
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IT IS HARAAM TO COMMENT ON QURAN BASED ON PERSONAL OPNIN FOR ONE WHO DOES NOT MEET THE CONDITIONS MENTION ABOVE

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TRUE

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20
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TAFSIR BASED ON REPORTS

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BASED ON THE OWN UNDERSTANDING AN ON THE BASIS OF CONCLUSIONS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SHARIA AND THE ARABIC LANGUAGE

20
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TYES OF TAFSIR BASED ON OPNION

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1 BLAMEWORTHY OPINION
2 PRAISE WORTHY OPINION

21
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PRAISEWORTHY OPINION

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BASE ON ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONS, NAMELY KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE OF ISLAMIC TEACHINGS, AND IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLEAR AND PRECISE GUIDELINES.

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BLAMEWORTHY OPINION

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WHERE THE ONLY MOTIVE IS TO PURSUE WHIMS AND DESIRE OR THE FACT THAT THE ONE GIVING SUCH COMMENTARY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE AND NO UNDERSTANDING.

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TAFSIR BY MATHUR(REPORTS) RELIES ON

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  1. DISTANCING ONESELF FROM FIRST-HAND EXTRAPOLATION AND PRODUCTION OF UNDERSTANDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

2 RELYING ON THE SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PUBH AND THE SALAF

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l11

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L12

23
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DIFFERENT NAMES OF SURAH AL- FATHIHA

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1.AL- HAMD(PRAISE)
2. AS-SAB AL-MATHANI(SEVEN OF THE OFTEN REPEATED VERSES)
3. UMM AL KITAB(THE ESSENCE OF THE BOOK)
4** UMM AL-QURAN**(THE ESSENCE OF THE QURAN)
5 AL- FATIHAH (THE OPENING)

24
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IMPORTANT LESSEONS FROM SURAH AL FATIHA

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  1. IT AFFIRMS 2 OF THENAMES OF ALLAH AND HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT HIS LORDSHIP(RUBBIYAH)IS BASED ON HIS VAST MERCY
  2. IT AFFIRMS THAT ALL SOVEREIGNTY WILL BELONG TO ALLAH ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
    3 IT EXHORTS PPL BY REMINDING THEM OF **THE DAY OF RESURRECTION SO THAT THEY WILL STRIVE **TO DO THAT WHICH WILL SAVE THEM ON THAT DAY
25
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SURAT AL FATIHAH IS A MAKKI SURAH(REVEALED B4 THE HIJIRAH)

A

TRUE

25
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AR-RAHMAAN

A

THE ENTIRELY MERCIFUL
OR
POSESSOR OF VAST MERCY,IN OTHER WORDS,THE ONE WHOSE MERCY REACHES THE UTMOST LIMIT.

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AR-RAHEEM

A

THE ESPECIALLY MERCIFUL
OR
POSSESSOR OF MERCY THAT REACHES PPL.WHAT THIS REFERS TO IS THE WAY IN WHICH HE DEALS WITH HIS CREATIONS.

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THE RABB(LORD)

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THE ONE WHO POSSESSE 3 ATTRIBUTES
THE POWER OF CREATION
SOVEREIGNTY
CONTROL

28
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AALAMIN

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PLURAL OF AALAM WHICH REFER TO EVERYTHING THAT EXIST BESIDES ALLAH/NO SINGULAR EXISTS

29
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DEEN

A

LAW AND RELIGION

29
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IF ONLY ONE OF THE TWO IS MENTIONED,THAN IT INCLUDES THE OTHER(RHAMAN AND RAHEEM)

A

TRUE

30
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THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ALL CREATURES WILL VANISH ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT,AND ALLAH ALONE WILL HAVE ALL SOVEREIGNTY

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TRUE

31
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IT WAS NARRATED THAT ABU UMMAN SAID :THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH PBUH SAID: EHOEVER RECITES AYAT AL KURI FOLLOWING EVERY OBLIGATORY PRAYER,NOTHING WILL STAND BTW HIM AND ENTERRING PARADISE EXCEPT HIS DEATH.NARRATED BY AN BASAI IN AMAL AL YAWN WAL LAYAH

A

TRUE

32
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ALLAH IS AL-MA;LUH

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ONE WHO IS WORSHIPPED ON THE BASIS OF LOVE AND VENERATION.

33
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THE EVER-LIVING (AL-HAYY)

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ONE WHO HAS PERFECT LIFE,WHICH IMPLIES ALL ATTRIBUTES OF HIS ESSENCE SUCH AS HEARING,SIGHT,KNOWLEDGE,POWER,AND SO ON.

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THE SUSTAINER OF ALL EXISTENCE (AL-QAYYUM)

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ONE WHO IS SELF-SUSTANING AND ALL OTHERS ARE SUSTAINED BY HIM.

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SHAFA’AH/LINGUISTIC TERM

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INTERCESSION=REFER TO MAKING THAT WHICH IS ODD NUMBER(WITR)EVEN(SHAF’)

36
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SHAFA’AH/ISLAMIC TERM

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TO MEDIATE FOR SOMEONE ELSE IN ORDER TO BRING HIM SOME BENEFIT OR WARD OFF SOME HARM FROM HIM.

37
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THE KURSI IS THE PLACE FOR THE FEET AND NO ONE COULD GIVE THE THRONE IS TRUE ESTIMATE

A

TRUE