tafsir
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tafsir (countable and uncountable, plural tafsirs or tafsir or tafasir)
(Islam) Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an.
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One version, appearing in Tabarī's Tafsīr Tafsir, Vol. IX and attributed to Urwah ibn Zubayr (d. 713), preserves the basic narrative but with no mention of satanic temptation.
He was given lessons about Tafsir by Abu Muhammad Ja'far, a commentator.
To this a classic Sunni commentary, the Tafsir al-Kabir (al-Razi) written in the late 12th century says "If it is said: Do the words “And the earth We spread out” indicate that it is flat?