Hasan Ismail Abd al-Raziq
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- 1429 AH
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Hasan Ismail Abd al-Raziq (d. 1429 AH / 2008 CE) was an Egyptian scholar of Arabic rhetoric who served as Professor and Head of the Department of Rhetoric at Al-Azhar University in Zagazig.
Academic Career and Scholarly Contribution
Abd al-Raziq pursued an academic career at the Faculty of Arabic Language at Al-Azhar University's Zagazig branch, where he advanced from Assistant Professor to full Professor of Rhetoric and served as Chair of the Department of Rhetoric.
His academic output focused on classical Arabic rhetoric (balagha), compositional syntax (nazm), and literary criticism. In his critical study on the thought of Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani, he challenged the pedagogical framework of later-period rhetoricians, arguing that their dependence on abridgments, commentaries, and scholastic disputes obscured core insights, deadened aesthetic sensibility, and failed to cultivate an authentic appreciation for Arabic stylistic expression. He also examined the rhetorical dimensions of early linguistic sources, highlighting the stylistic principles latent within Ibn Jinni's al-Khasa'is. In addition to specialized monographs, he authored al-Balagha al-Safiya fi al-Ma'ani wa-l-Bayan wa-l-Badi' ("Pure Rhetoric on Semantics, Figures of Speech, and Embellishments") as a systematic presentation of the three traditional disciplines of Arabic rhetoric.
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List of Works
Min Qadaya al-Balagha wa al-Naqd inda Abd al-Qadir al-Jurjani (Issues of Rhetoric and Criticism in the Thought of Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani) is a scholarly monograph examining the rhetorical and literary critical heritage of the classical theorist Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani (d. 471 AH / 1078 CE).
Dalail al-Ijaz bayna Abi Said al-Sirafi wa al-Jurjani (Signs of Inimitability Between Abu Sa'id al-Sirafi and al-Jurjani) is a critical rhetorical study examining the origins of the theory of nazm (compositional syntax) in Arabic rhetoric.
Khasa'is al-Nazm fi "Khasa'is al-Arabiyya" li-Ibn Jinni (The Characteristics of Composition in Ibn Jinni's "Characteristics of Arabic") is a specialized rhetorical study examining the rhetorical and stylistic foundations within the linguistic work al-Khasa'is by Abu al-Fath Uthman Ibn Jinni (d. 392 AH).
al-Balagha al-Safiya fi al-Maani wa al-Bayan wa al-Badi (The Pure Rhetoric on Semantics, Figures of Speech, and Embellishments) is an Arabic rhetorical textbook dedicated to the three traditional branches of Arabic rhetoric.
al-Nazm al-Balaghi bayn al-Nazariyya wa al-Tatbiq (Rhetorical Composition between Theory and Application) is a critical study on Arabic rhetoric and stylistic analysis examining the theory of nazm (structural composition) from its foundational roots to its practical application on classical literary texts.