Knowledge of the history of Tafsir plays a significant role in the proper Quranic Tafsir and the optimal use of Tafsir works. In this book, the feature of Tafsirists, Tafsir books, Tafsir in different periods, changes and developments of various Tafsir schools and methods are addressed.

The book is to reach the above mentioned goal. The first volume of this book addresses the history of the Quranic Tafsir from the age of prophecy to the end of minor occultation era (329 AH) and introduces about 280 Tafsirists, 48 available Tafsir books, and more than 230 missing Tafsir books. The book also discusses some evidences on the Tafsir of the whole Quran by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by noting the Tafsirs in his time, the existence of Tafsirists selected by God after the Prophet, the role of Imams (AS) in the Quranic Tafsir, al-ṣaḥābah Tafsirists, Tābi‘un and after Tābi‘un, and Tafsir sources, features, and trends throughout the ages of the prophecy, Imams, and minor occultation ages.