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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Reading_the_Koran, page : 15
If what is meant is that no one should interpret the Koran except as he hears it,
this would not be correct, for the following reasons:
It should be heard from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and
correctly sourced to him. This would not cover all of the Koran. But as to what ibn
Abbas and ibn Masud have said, it should not be accepted, and should be
classified as interpretation according to opinion, because they have not heard it
from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and so from other
Companions.
The Companions and interpreters have differed in interpreting some verses, they
have forwarded different interpretations, and to have heard all of it from the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, would have been impossible. If one was
heard then what about the others? This shows evidently that each interpreter
has interpreted the meaning according to what he has grasped from his own
presumption.
this would not be correct, for the following reasons:
It should be heard from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and
correctly sourced to him. This would not cover all of the Koran. But as to what ibn
Abbas and ibn Masud have said, it should not be accepted, and should be
classified as interpretation according to opinion, because they have not heard it
from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and so from other
Companions.
The Companions and interpreters have differed in interpreting some verses, they
have forwarded different interpretations, and to have heard all of it from the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, would have been impossible. If one was
heard then what about the others? This shows evidently that each interpreter
has interpreted the meaning according to what he has grasped from his own
presumption.