Mention of the reports that were narrated encouraging the knowledge of the Tafsir of the Qur'an, and those among the Companions who used to explain it:

81 - Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Shaqīq al-Marwazī narrated to us, he said: I heard my father say: Al-Ḥusayn ibn Wāqid narrated to us, he said: Al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Shaqīq, from Ibn Masʿūd, he said: Whenever a man among us learned ten verses, he would not move past them until he knew their meanings and how to act upon them. (1)

82 - Ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us, he said: Jarīr narrated to us, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, he said: Those who used to recite to us narrated to us that they used to learn recitation from the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him; when they learned ten verses, they would not leave them until they acted upon what was in them, so we learned the Qur'an and action together. (2)

83 - And Abū Kurayb narrated to us, he said: Jābir ibn Nūḥ narrated to us, he said: Al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Muslim, from Masrūq, he said: ʿAbd Allāh said: By Him besides Whom there is no god, no verse was revealed in the Book of God except that I know concerning what it was revealed and where it was revealed; and if I knew of anyone more knowledgeable about the Book of God than me whom camels could reach, I would surely go to him. (3)