Can the Qur'an be understood without tafsir (exegesis)?

Question:
I ask Allah to do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Can the Qur'an be understood without tafsir (exegesis)?

Answer:
No, the Qur'an is not understood except through the established tafsirs (exegeses) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So the Qur'an is interpreted by the Sunnah; if it is not found in the Sunnah, it is interpreted by the words of the Companions who learned the Qur'an from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and received its interpretation from him. If it is not found in the words of the Companions, then by the words of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions), because they were the students of the Companions, the students of the students of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Beyond that, the Qur'an is not interpreted by opinion, nor by opinion and intuition, nor anything similar to that. This is a possible error.