Ahmad Hasan Farhat

Ahmad Hasan Farhat is a contemporary scholar and researcher specializing in Quranic sciences and the critical editing of classical Islamic manuscripts al-Hidaya ila Bulugh al-N…+1.

Academic Career and Research Focus

Farhat served as an instructor at the Secondary Institute affiliated with the Islamic University of Medina, where he published academic treatises in the university's journal Munasabat al-Ayat wa al-S…+1. His scholarship centered on Quranic exegesis (tafsir), recitation rules (tajwid and qira'at), and thematic studies of Quranic vocabulary al-Hidaya ila Bulugh al-N…+1.

He devoted significant attention to classical manuscripts, particularly the legacy of the Andalusian scholar Makki ibn Abi Talib al-Hidaya ila Bulugh al-N…+1. Farhat prepared critical editions for several of Makki's foundational treatises on recitation and Quranic abrogation, and he authored Makki ibn Abi Talib wa-Tafsir al-Quran (Makki ibn Abi Talib and Quranic Exegesis) as a comprehensive examination of the scholar's exegetical method al-Hidaya ila Bulugh al-N…+1.

Contributions to Quranic Studies and Scholarly Debates

In the field of Quranic structural coherence, Farhat investigated the ordering of Quranic verses and chapters in his treatise Munasabat al-Ayat wa al-Suwar (The Coherence of Verses and Surahs) Munasabat al-Ayat wa al-S…+1. He analyzed whether the arrangement of chapters and verses is divinely determined (tawqifi) or arrived at through scholarly reasoning (ijtihadi), outlining four distinct scholarly approaches while addressing critical objections, such as those articulated by al-Shawkani against artificial attempts to construct textual links Munasabat al-Ayat wa al-S…+1.

Farhat also engaged in classical attribution debates, notably concerning Muqaddimat Jami' al-Tafasir (Introduction to the Compendium of Exegesis), an exegetical preface by al-Raghib al-Isfahani that he critically edited Qawaid al-Tarjih inda al-…+1. In examining related manuscript traditions, he argued against attributing the text Durrat al-Tanzil wa-Ghurrat al-Ta'wil to al-Raghib al-Isfahani, suggesting instead that it belonged to Qawam al-Sunnah al-Isfahani, a position that drew active discussion and rebuttal from contemporary editors Durrat al-Tanzil wa Ghurr…+1.