English: (1)Tafsir in the Age of Taba Ta’abeen Methodologies and Salient Features

Abstract

We are living in in the age when Tafsir (the exegesis of The Holy Quran) isbeing observed in very developed shape, different trends in Tafsir literature have converted Tafsir into an extensive field of knowledge. The era of Tabi’in (the followers of Sahaba) and the traditions narrated by them are rudimentary form for modern trends of Tafsir. We will discuss in our writing the development of Tafsir in the age of Tabi’in. We will have a bird’s eye viewon the institutes of this era, eminent scholars of Tafsir and salient features of this stage of development. We will come to know by this article that the age of Tabi’in is a bridge between the age Sahaba and modern trends in Tafsir literature.