Muhammad ibn Rajab al-Khuli
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Muhammad ibn Rajab al-Khuli (also known as Abu Mazin Muhammad ibn Rajab ibn Muhammad al-Khuli) is a contemporary scholar, researcher, and textual editor specializing in the sciences of the Qur'an and canonical Qur'anic readings (Qira'at) .
Scholarly Focus and Critical Editing
Al-Khuli is known for his poetic composition al-Rutab al-ʿUliyyāt al-Nūrāniyya fī Faḍl al-Qirāʾāt al-Qurʾāniyya, a didactic poem dedicated to summarizing the virtues of the Qur'anic readings and the merits of learning and teaching them . The work received commendations from several contemporary scholars of Qur'anic studies and recitation, including Abd al-Hadi Hamitu, Abd al-Wahhab al-Adwani, Abdullah ibn Salih al-Ubayd, Walid ibn Idris al-Manisi, Ali ibn Sa'd al-Ghamidi, Mahmud Abd al-Razzaq al-Ghawthani, and al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghani Mabruk . Scholars praised the text for its elegance and conciseness, noting its emulation of the poetic meter and rhyme scheme associated with Imam al-Shatibi .
In the field of manuscript verification and textual editing, al-Khuli critically edited Rawḍat al-Taqrīr fī Ikhtilāf al-Qirāʾāt bayna al-Irshād wa-l-Taysīr, a verse treatise on variant readings by the classical scholar Ali ibn Abi Muhammad al-Diwani (663–743 AH) . He also participated as a member of the academic editorial team tasked with verifying the critical edition of Kitāb al-ʿIlal by Ibn Abi Hatim .
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List of Works
al-Rutab al-Uliyat al-Nuraniyya fi Fadl al-Qiraat al-Quraniyya (The Sublime Luminous Ranks Concerning the Virtue of the Qur'anic Readings) is a didactic poem composed in 1439 AH (2018 CE), dedicated to articulating the virtues and significance of the canonical Qur'anic readings (Qira'at).
al-Kashif al-Mubin an Ghalat al-Muhaqqiqin (The Clear Clarifier of the Errors of Critical Editors) is a critical treatise that examines and clarifies recurring inaccuracies, misreadings, and methodological lapses made by textual editors in published critical editions of classical Islamic texts.