Every time, a dialogue between the Quran and its readers happens; and
the long period process of such understanding has resulted thousands and
tons of interpretation books (kitab tafsir). One of them is Tafsir al-Ibriz by
K.H. Bisri Mustofa and is written in Arab Pegon (Javanese language and
Arabic letters). This article is discussing the characteristics of the book and
its method. Using descriptive analytic and hermeneutic interpretative, the study
goes to the conclusion that the book is organized according to tahlili method,
namely a method which explains Quranic verses words after words. The
meaning of the words is presented in makna gandul system (the meaning is
written under the words) while the interpretation and explanation (tafsir) is
written out of the main body text. In terms of characteristics, the way the Tafsir al-Ibriz explains the meaning of the Quran is considered as simple.
The approach applied in the book  doesn’t  tend to a particular interpretation style because it combines some different styles according to the contextual meanings; and this book belongs to traditional and ma’tsur category.