Ibn Al-Jozi's Interpretation Technique and the Position of his Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis) Interpretation techniques, and places his commentary Ibn Jozi

Ibn Jozi's interpretation technique Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir is one of
the narrative, traditional and advisory interpretation of the sixth century. This
Tafsir, according to its writer, is neither so brief nor so vast in volume but it is
something in between.
This paper intends to explain the technique and position of ibn jozi's tafsir. His
tafsir i.e. Zad al-Masir, which is an abstract of his comprehensive tafsir i.e. Al-
Muqni fi Tafsir al-Quran includes all the verses of Quran.
The dominant style of this tafsir is narrative and traditional and is derived from
the traditions of the prophet Muhammad (S), Sahabah, and Tabi'un. In his tafsir,
he begins with giving general information about the chapters e.g. their name,
virtue (Fazilah), decent and number of verses, and then mentions well the reasons
of decent, the words and the evidences for them, the meanings of the words and
the statements of the interpreters. Finally he turn to the decrees derived from the
verses, abrogation (Nasikh and Mansoukh), and recitations. In fact, tafsir of Ibn
Jozi has a high position among the sixth century Sunni tafsirs.