The Andalusian School of Tafseer: Its Curricula and Most Prominent Interpreters

Abstract

This study aims to reach a statement of the concept of Tafseer in language and terminology, and to explain the origin and history of Tafseer in Andalusia, and to explain the concept of the school of Tafseer in Andalusia, and to explain the characteristics of the Andalusian school in Tafseer, and to know the efforts of the most prominent interpreters in Andalusia, and to identify the interpretive methods in Andalusia. The study reached the completion of these objectives, and some results resulted from this, namely: that Tafseer in Andalusia went through historical developments, and mentioned the characteristics of the Andalusian school of Tafseer and that its owners were interested in the Arabic language and readings, and they relied on previous Tafseers, and there was intellectual and sectarian diversity in it, and we knew that the most prominent interpreters in Andalusia were: Ibn Atiyah, Ibn Al-Arabi, Al-Qurtubi, Ibn Juzayy, and Abu Hayyan, and we knew their efforts in Tafseer. Then after that, the study reached a statement of some recommendations, which are: writing research on the interpretive schools in all countries and cities and extrapolating their methods. Thus, the research was completed, thanks be to God Almighty and His grace.