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<p><em>This article aimed to map the literature of Quran exegesis prevailing for Sunni.</em><br /><em>There are seven literatures classified as a tafsir bi al matsur, and four of them</em><br /><em>elaborated as comparison, namely Adhwa al Bayan fi Iydhah al Quran bi al</em><br /><em>Quran of asy Syinqithi, Jami al Bayan fi Tawil al Quran of Ibnu Jarir al</em><br /><em>Thabari, Tafsir al Quran al Adzhim of Ibnu Katsir and al Dar al Mantsur fi</em><br /><em>at Tafsir bi al Matsur of Imam Suyuthi. The historical study and methodology</em><br /><em>are the main subject of this literatures research using library approach. The</em><br /><em>research show that there are some excellence and weakness of each literatures if</em><br /><em>they are viewed by methodology aspect. But according definition of al Matsur,</em><br /><em>the most valid (mutamad) literature is Adhwa al Bayan fi Iydhah al Quran bi</em><br /><em>al Quran. Whereas according to turats and seniority of writer, the most valid</em><br /><em>literature is Jami al Bayan fi Tawil al Quran. The third position is Tafsir al</em><br /><em>Quran al Adzhim, as a resume of Jami al Bayan fi Tawil al Quran. And the</em><br /><em>last position is al Dar al Mantsur fi at Tafsir bi al Matsur, because its sanad</em><br /><em>validation only pin up the closest of rawi.</em></p>