al-Sayyid Rizq al-Tawil
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al-Sayyid Rizq al-Tawil (d. 1419 AH / 1998–1999 CE) was an Egyptian scholar of Arabic linguistics and Quranic studies who served as a professor at al-Azhar University and authored works on manuscript editing, Arabic grammar, and the Quranic readings (Qira'at).
Academic Career and Scholarship
Al-Tawil pursued an academic career in higher education across Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He served as an associate professor in the Department of Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Arabic Language at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca during the 1400s AH (1980s CE). He later returned to Cairo, where he held the position of professor of linguistics at al-Azhar University and served as the dean of its Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Men in Cairo.
His scholarly output focused on the codification of academic research methods, Arabic linguistic traditions, and Quranic variant readings. In 1405 AH (1984–1985 CE), he published Madkhal fi Ulum al-Qiraat (Introduction to the Sciences of Variant Readings), an introductory and analytical guide designed for university students and researchers investigating foundational issues in Quranic variants. He also examined debates in Arabic grammatical theory in his study al-Khilaf bayna al-Nahwiyyin: Dirasah wa-Tahlil wa-Taqwim (Disagreements Among the Grammarians: Study, Analysis, and Evaluation). In Rabi' al-Awwal 1409 AH (November 1988 CE) in al-Duqqi, he finished compiling Muqaddima fi Usul al-Bahth al-Ilmi wa Tahqiq al-Turath (Introduction to the Principles of Academic Research and Manuscript Editing), a methodological guide treating Islamic reference literature and the technical standards for editing classical manuscripts.
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List of Works
Madkhal fi Ulum al-Qiraat (also published as Fi Ulum al-Qiraat: Madkhal wa-Dirasah wa-Tahqiq) is a contemporary handbook on the science of Quranic variant readings (Qiraat). Designed as an accessible introductory manual, it provides a concise overview of the discipline and its literature for students while investigating critical foundational issues for researchers.
Muqaddima fi Usul al-Bahth al-Ilmi wa Tahqiq al-Turath is a methodological guide on academic research and Arabic manuscript editing. Conceived as a concise reference for university students, it brings together the methodology of scholarly writing, the bibliography of Islamic literature, and the theoretical and practical rules of critical text editing.