There are two terms in the study of al-Qur`an exegesis, namely mā ḥawla al-Qur`ān and mā fī al-Qur`ān. The first term refers to the discussion of the Qur'an with an emphasis on the socio-historical and anthropological aspects of Arab society at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an. Meanwhile, the second term refers to an effort to extract the true meaning of each word and even each letter in the Qur'an. The second form of study is usually in the form of interpretive works, then the first one is more in the form of new principles and methods used in interpreting, or it can even be in the form of criticism of models, systematics and classical interpretation methods. In this simple study, we will dig and explore the thoughts of one of the leading contemporary Muslim scholars who was able to study the two regions simultaneously, namely M. Izzat Darwazat. Through his book al-Tafsīr al-Ḥadīth, M. Izzat Darwazat has popularized a model for composing the exegesis book by using the tartīb al-nuzūl system (according to the order in which the sūrah al-Qur`an is descended) and has introduced the method of interpreting the Qur'an by using hermeneutic principles.
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