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Available Tafsirs

Currently, three major tafsirs are available:

  1. Ibn Kathir
  2. Maarif Ul Quran
  3. Tazkirul Quran
Good to know
  • The content text is in MarkDown format, so you can render it easily.
  • groupVerse will have a text when the tafsir is for a group of verses. Otherwise, null
  • The responses for ayah will vary from 3KB to 88KB
  • The responses for surah will vary from 50KB to 4MB
  • Tafsirs are taken from Quran.com (opens in a new tab)

Replace <surahNo> with the Surah Number and <ayahNo> with the Ayah Number.

Tafsir of an Ayah

Request Format

Make a GET request to api/tafsir/<surahNo>_<ayahNo>.json

Response

A JSON object containing three major tafsirs of the requested verse.

Example Response

Endpoint: /api/tafsir/19_56.json

{
  "surahName": "Maryam",
  "surahNo": 19,
  "ayahNo": 56,
  "tafsirs": [
    {
      "author": "Ibn Kathir",
      "groupVerse": "You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 19:56 to 19:57",
      "content": "## Mentioning Idris\n\nAllah complimented Idris for being a truthful Prophet and He mentioned that he raised him to a high station. It has previously been mentioned that in the Sahih it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Idris on the night of the Isra (Night Journey) and he (Idris) was in the fourth heaven..."
    },
    {
      "author": "Maarif Ul Quran",
      "groupVerse": null,
      "content": "..."
    },
    {
      "author": "Tazkirul Quran",
      "groupVerse": "You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 19:54 to 19:57",
      "content": "..."
    }
  ]
}

See the original tafsir (opens in a new tab) from quran.com

Tafsir of a Surah

Request Format

Make a GET request to api/tafsir/<surahNo>.json

Response

A JSON object containing three major tafsirs of the requested surah with all the verses.

Example Response

Endpoint: /api/tafsir/19.json

{
    "surahName": "Maryam",
    "totalVerse": 98,
    "tafsirs": [
        [
            {
                "author": "Ibn Kathir",
                "groupVerse": "You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 19:1 to 19:6",
                "content": "## Which was revealed in Makkah\n\nMuhammad bin Ishaq recorded a Hadith of Umm Salamah in his Sirah, and Ahmad bin Hanbal recorded from Ibn Mas`ud, the story of the Hijrah (migration) to Ethiopia from Makkah..."
            },
            {
                "author": "Maarif Ul Quran",
                "groupVerse": "...",
                "content": "..."
            },
            {
                "author": "Tazkirul Quran",
                "groupVerse": "...",
                "content": "..."
            }
        ],
        [
            {
                "author": "Ibn Kathir",
                "groupVerse": "...",
                "content": "..."
            },
            ...
        ],
        ...
}
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