Mengenal Muhammad Abu Zahrah Sebagai Mufassir

• Main Author: Muhammad Badrun
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Universitas Darussalam Gontor 2011-06-01
• Series: At-Ta'dib
• Subjects: mufassir, Abu Zahrah, interpretation
• Online Access: https://ejournal.unida.gontor.ac.id/index.php/tadib/article/view/548
• ISSN: 0216-9142; 2503-3514

<p>In the history of interpretation of the Qur’an we find that the study of<br />Qur’anic interpretation started from the time of the Messenger of Allah until<br />the present time. From the period in which the commentary is learned and<br />studied through the riwayat (narration) and talqin (indoctrination) from a teacher<br />to his student until the time when every person ‘feel’ to have the authority to<br />interpret the verses of the Qur’an. The study of Qur’anic intepretation has<br />undergone the tremendous growth in the fourth phase of the compilation<br />period (tadwin). That was the phase in which the interpretation of the Qur’an<br />wass controlled by the interpretation based on reason and the opinion of the<br />interpreter (mufassir); interpretations coloured by various sects and schools of<br />thought. The development of this kind of interpretation, although believed to<br />be a logical consequence of the development history of science, but then not<br />necessarily be accepted by the ulamas and received positive appreciation of them.<br />Like Muhammad Husein adh Dhahabi, Muhammad Abu Zahrah, and so forth.<br />For Imam Muhammad Abu Zahrah (1898-1974/1315-1394) the<br />interpretation of the Quran which is based on a variety of goals and interests<br />as well as a variety of comprehension and thinking like that, in fact was often<br />away from the substance of Al-Quran; obscure its miracle power, destroying<br />the real meaning and even provide commentary on the sometimes contradictory<br />with the fundamentals of Islamic teaching. This is awakening his awareness and<br />encourage him to try to straighten out and provide an alternative of more<br />actual interpretation. So he finally wrote a book of tafsir named “Zahratu al<br />Tafasir”. This interpretation is different from the books of the previous tafsir<br />books. At least, he did not want to simply follow the tradition (taqlid), the<br />method or the way used by previous mufassir.<br /><br /></p>