What method do you recommend for learning tafsir?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What method do you recommend for learning the interpretation of the Qur'an?

Answer:
Interpreting the Qur'an relies on reliable tafsirs that contain no errors or mistakes in creed, or that are not the fabrications of ignorant people who interpret the Qur'an according to their own opinions and understanding. Interpretation relies on the principles, and therefore the scholars have authored books on the principles of interpretation, which they call the sciences of the Qur'an. So a person must follow the rules of interpreting the Qur'an so that it is regulated and his interpretation is correct. You should review the tafsirs that are based on the principles of interpretation and issued by reliable scholars who have no deviation in creed or in conduct, because these people interpret the Qur'an according to their desires and schools of thought, and they interpret the Qur'an in order to make it agree with their opinions. So one should not refer for interpretation except to the reliable scholars of knowledge and the tafsirs that are based on the principles and rules of interpretation. Yes.