Saîd Hawwâ and his al-Asâs fi't-Tafseer

Saîd Havvâ is one of our mufasseer lived in Syria between 1935-1989 and deceased in Amman. Havvâ, a scholar who is a member of Ikhvân-ı Muslim organization in Syria, is famous for his tafseer called Al Asas fi't Tafseer. He mostly wrote his tafseer on the basis of İbn Kathir, Nasafi, Alusi and Sayyeed Qutub tafseers. Saîd Havvâ wrote his work in modern style in order to prove the theory of the Qur'anic unity and with intent to present the Qur'anic messages in the most effective way to the cognition of the age in the Islamic invitations. Al-Asâs has come to the fore both appealing the average cultural level of readership as well as readers that have a deep knowledge of Qur'an disciplines at the same time by means of the writing method. It is possible to see that the subjects are handled in a short, concise and simple way in Al-Asâs. Havva tries to prove that there is no clutter in the Qur'an with the theory of the unity of the Qur'an. According to him, the tafseer that he wrote is the first work that handles this theory across the Qur'an. With reference to this, Al-Fatiha is the preface to the Qur'an, Al-Baqara is the gist, summary and essence of Qur'an. All surahs have semantic axes in the Surah Al-Baqara. Each surah explains the meanings of axis in the Al-Baqara too. Saîd Havvâ wrote al Asas fi't tafseer with tenacity method. The author who shapes his tafseer around the theory of the Qur'anic unity has wrote his work with modern title way to meet the need of reading tafseer that can not read the comprehensive works in our age. For those who wonder about the literal meaning of the verses, he has carried out a study in literal commentary section, and for those who want to master the scientific details of the Qur'an messages, he has performed a detailed study with the complementary information heading. In al-Esâs, Said Havvâ, refutes the claims that the subjects of the Qur'an are disconnected and unrelated in the context of all Qur'an passages in detail. Another factor that plays an active role in the incarnation of this study is the goal of resurrection of Muslims. The most striking solution offered by Saîd Havvâ on this occasion can be summarized as the necessity of acquiring the ability to understand well and interpret the Qur'an in all Islamic sections. Havvâ, who prefers the views of Salaf scholars about regarding the verses, sees hurûf-u muqattaa as key codes in the integrity of the Qur'anic subjects. Havvâ get Israiliyyat news into his work only to ensure a better understanding of the subjec, provided that it is not against the basic principles of the Qur'an. In the same way, according to our author, the subject of i'cazul'l Qur'an is the most needed subject by today's masses. According to him, abrogation in the Qur'an occurred in very few places and in accordance with few conditions of that day. Keywords Saîd Havvâ, al-Esâs fi't-Tefsîr, Qur'an unity, tafseer, Ikhvân-ı Müslimîn, school of case and action, Syria, methodology of tafseer