what is tafsir
Tafsir (Arabic: ØªÙØ³ÙØ±, translit. : TafsÄ«r, Meaning: interpretation) is the Arabic word for exegesis, usually of the Qur'an.An author of tafsir is a mufassir (Arabic: ÙÙÙØ³Ø± â, mufassir, plural: Arabic: ÙÙØ³Ø±ÙÙ â, mufassirÅ«n).A Quranic tafsir will often explain content and provide places and times, not contained in Quranic verses, as well as give the different views and opinions of scholars on the verse.iqhi tafsir deals mainly with verses that have a legislative meaning (see ahkam), and it strives to obtain Islamic law from the Qur'an. It is a very common school classically and modernly. There is a dispute over the number of verses that contain jurisprudence, numbers ranging from 5 to 200 are reported.