Available Tafsirs
Currently, three major tafsirs are available:
- Ibn Kathir
- Maarif Ul Quran
- Tazkirul Quran
Good to know
- The
contenttext is in MarkDown format, so you can render it easily. groupVersewill 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 ï·º 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": "..."
},
...
],
...
}