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Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

Islamic scholar

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)
Died	22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH / 1194 CE Egypt
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Notable work	Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī (commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah), Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid, Nāzimatuz-zuhr, Qasīdah Dāliyah

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]

Life and works

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

Citations

^ Neuwirth 1960–2007.
^ ^a ^b Thanvi 2019, p. 32.
^ 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.
^ Thanvi 2019, p. 34.

Sources

Neuwirth, Angelika (1960–2007). "al-Shāṭibī". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6866.
Thanvi, Izhar Ahmad (2019). ایضاح المقاصد (in Urdu). Lahore: Qir'at Academy. pp. 32–34.