al-Sajawandi
- Died
- 560 AH
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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tayfur al-Sajawandi (d. 560 AH / 1165 CE) was an exegete, grammarian, and Quranic scholar associated with Sajawand and Ghazna, best known for his treatises on Quranic recitation and pause rules .
Biography
Known also by the patronymic Ibn Tayfur, al-Sajawandi bore the nisbas al-Ghaznawi and al-Sajawandi . According to Ibn al-Qifti, he lived around the middle of the sixth century AH . Biographical details regarding his direct instructors and students are largely unrecorded; al-Dhahabi noted that no transmission had reached him concerning whom al-Sajawandi studied under or who transmitted directly from him . He died in 560 AH .
Scholarly Standing and Contribution
Al-Sajawandi was recognized for his expertise across Quranic exegesis, Arabic grammar, linguistics, and the variant readings of the Quran . Ibn al-Jazari characterized him as a leading, verifying scholar, reciter, grammarian, and exegete, while al-Dawudi counted him among the major verifying authorities .
His scholarly contributions focused primarily on syntax, phonetic pauses, and exegesis. In his multi-volume Quranic commentary titled 'Ayn al-Ma'ani fi Tafsir al-Sab' al-Mathani ("The Spring of Meanings in the Exegesis of the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses"), he integrated grammatical analysis, the rationales of variant readings, poetic attestations, and lexicography; the work was later abridged by his son under the title Insan al-'Ayn . In the science of Quranic recitation, his specialized treatise 'Ilal al-Wuquf (also known as al-Waqf wa-l-Ibtida' and al-Iydah) established systematic grammatical, syntactic, and semantic rationales for pausing and initiating recitation across the text of the Quran . He also compiled a multi-volume work dedicated to the rationales of variant readings, titled 'Ilal al-Qira'at .
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List of Works
Ilal al-Wuquf, also known as al-Waqf wa-l-Ibtida and Wuquf al-Quran, is a specialized treatise on Quranic pause and initiation. Arranged in the standard sequence of the surahs of the Quran, the work provides a verse-by-verse analysis explaining the grammatical, syntactic, and semantic rationales for pausing or continuing recitation at specific points in each verse.