Andi Miswar Perkembangan Tafsir Alquran pada Masa Sahabat 145 Jurnal Rihlah Vol. V No. 2/2016 PERKEMBANGAN TAFSIR AL-QUR’AN PADA MASA SAHABAT Oleh : Andi Miswar Abstract Interpretation of al-Qur'an have grown during Prophet life and he is the first mufassir. After Rasulullah passed away the prophet companies occupied the second interpretor. The first person interpreted al-Qur'an after Rasul is Ali and than Ibnu Abbas. Al-Qur'an was interpreted by prophet companieas by using sources such as Qur’an, prophet tradition,their own opinions (ijtihad) and israiliyat stories ( though this was not mentioned and not allowed by the Prophet.). Meanwhile interpretation of Prophet directly come from Allah or passed by jibril or from himself, difference ways of this two interpretation are not far differences, but the quality of these interpretations is far more eminent. Generally, the form of interpretation applied by prophet companies is called al- Ma'tsur interpretation which means that the interpretation is based on prophet interpretation, tradition and hisrory. This doesn’t mean the ra’yu or thought was not exluded but included. Precisely in certain condition, they used ideas called interpretation method (ijtihadi). The methode of interpretation used was ijmali ( global), which means a brief and clear interpretation of verses. Kata Kunci: Perkembangan;Tafsir; Sahabat I. PENDAHULUAN Sejarah al-Qur’an menunjukkan bahwa kitab suci al-Qur’an memang tidak mudah dapat dipahami, karena artinya sangat luas. Kesulitan menafsirkan ayat-ayat al-Qur’an terletak dalam mu’jizat bahasa dan isi kitab suci tersebut, dan tidak semua dapat mengetahui arti dan maksudnya. Karena al-Qur’an mengandung pengetahuan dan pelajaran yang penting, suci dan murni yang tidak dapat dipahami dan diamalkan dengan sempurna, melainkan oleh mereka yang tinggi budi pekertinya, jernih dan bersih pikirannya, suci dan murni pula jiwanya. Bagi yang menguasai ilmu lebih luas ia pasti mampu memahami al-Qur ‘an secara lebih baik. Karena itulah, pada setiap kali Allah Swt berbicara tentang dalil ketuhanan-Nya dan keesaan-Nya selalu disertai dengan sebutan orang-orang yang