Analys？s of ？smail Cerraho？lu's Overview of The Period of Tabi’in And Israiliyyat Literature

The first period of the post-sahabah (companions of the prophet Muhammed) period (65-135 a. h.) in the Islamic literature is the period of tabi’in (successors of sahabah). Chronologically, its proximity to the period of risalah makes the views of the scholars of the period - often as a reference - valuable. In this period, in which the traces of intellect-narration balance change in favor of the intellect can be seen, the influence of other religions and cultures, especially Judaism, entered an upward trend. There are those who criticize this literature called “Israiliyyat in the Qur’an exegesis” as well as those who criticize it as a whole. The subject of the research in this context is Ismail Cerraho？lu’s approach in his two-volume-book named The History of the Qur’an Exegesis to the exegesis and Israiliyyat in tabi’in period. Cerraho？lu has an important place in the exegesis studies in Turkey. When Cerraho？lu examines the subject, he discusses the leading exegesis schools and a few of commentators of the period in detail. However, that part was excluded as we think it is out of the scope of this study. In this study, with the document analysis method, the Qur’an exegesis and Israiliyyat literature in the tabi’in period will be examined. Also, in order to contribute to the comprehension of the research subject, sahabah exegesis and tabi’in exegesis will be compared