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Tafsir Furat Kufi is an exegesis of the Quran by Furat Ibn Furat Ibn Ibrahim al-Kufi (9th and 10th century A.D.) and is one of the oldest Shia Quranic commentaries, basing itself upon hadith. The traditions used by this book are mainly narrated either from Muhammad al-Baqir, Jafar al-Sadiq or Ali's disciples such as `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Asbagh Ibn Nubata; although there are some that relate to one of the companions of Muhammad.

Historical discussion

In Shia Islam it is assumed that the Imams inherited their teachings from Muhammad. The Imams therefore, are considered the first authorities of Qur'anic interpretation.

See also

• Qur'an
• Qur'anic exegesis (Tafsir)
• List of tafsir works

References

1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE : Furāt b. Furāt al-Kūfī, by Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali
2. Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature, edited by Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin, p. 160
3. Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī-Shiism By Meʼir Mikhaʼel Bar-Ashe, pp. 29–31
4. The Qurʾan and its interpreters. 1 By Mahmoud Ayoub, p. 38

• Shia tafsir
• Zaydi literature