Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن فره بن خلف بن أحمد الرعيني الشاطبي), 538–590 AH / 1144–1194 CE, was an Islamic scholar from Xàtiva (then in الشرق الاندلس or ax-Xarq al-Andalus; modern day País Valencià, Spain) who worked in the field of qira'at, Qur'an recitation methods.[1]

Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi
Born
Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī

538 AH / 1144 CE
Xàtiva, ax-Xarq al-Andalus (modern day País Valencià, Spain)
Died22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH / 1194 CE
OccupationIslamic scholar
Notable workḤirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī (commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah), Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid, Nāzimatuz-zuhr, Qasīdah Dāliyah

Life and works

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Al-Shatibi was born in 538 AH in al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia).[2] He moved to Egypt in 574 AH where he died on 22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH.[2] He authored Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī, commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah. The Pakistani scholar Fateh Muhammad Panipati wrote a commentary on it entitled Inayate Rahmani.[3] His other books include:[4]

  • Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid
  • Nāzimatuz-zuhr
  • Qasīdah Dāliyah

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Neuwirth 1960–2007.
  2. ^ a b Thanvi 2019, p. 32.
  3. ^ al-Barmawi, Ilyas ibn Ahmad (2000). "فتح محمد". إمتاع الفضلاء بتراجم القراء فيما بعد القرن الثامن الهجري (in Arabic). Vol. 1. Medina: Dār al-Nadwah al-ʿĀlimiyyah. pp. 235–236.
  4. ^ Thanvi 2019, p. 34.

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Further reading

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  • al-Qastallani (1995). Musa, Muḥammad Ḥasan 'Aqīl (ed.). Mukhtaṣar al-Fatḥ al-mawāhibī fī manāqib al-Imām al-Shāṭibī (in Arabic) (1 ed.). Jeddah. OCLC 37921161.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Jarmi, Ibrāhīm Muḥammad (2000). al-Imām al-Shāṭibī : sayyid al-qurrāʼ (in Arabic). Damascus: Dar al-Qalam. OCLC 44586043.