Hujaj al-Quran
- Author died
- 638 AH
- Editions
- Maṭba'at al-Mawsū'āt
Hujaj al-Quran (The Proofs of the Quran) is a treatise in Quranic exegesis (tafsir) and Quranic sciences by the Hanafi jurist and exegete Abu al-Abbas Badr al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Razi (d. after 630 AH / 1233 CE).
Author and Context
The author, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muzaffar ibn al-Mukhtar al-Razi, was a Hanafi scholar of Rayy who was active in hadith, literature, and exegesis. He delivered public lectures on Quranic exegesis from the minbar of the congregational mosque in Damascus and subsequently traveled to Anatolia (Bilad al-Rum), where he held teaching and judicial posts. His death occurred after 630 AH (with other reports placing it in or around 631 AH or 642 AH / 1244 CE). Alongside this treatise, he composed other works on Quranic studies and theology, including Mabahith al-Tafsir (a critique of the exegesis of Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi) and Lata'if al-Quran.
Title and Scope
The work is known in biographical dictionaries as Hujaj al-Quran and also by the fuller title Hujaj al-Quran li-Jami' al-Milal wa-l-Adyan (The Proofs of the Quran for All Confessions and Religions). It is classified by bibliographers as a concise treatise (risala) in the field of exegesis and Quranic sciences, addressing arguments and rational or textual proofs drawn from the Quran.
Transmission and Publication
Manuscript copies of the treatise have been preserved in Cairo, including holdings in Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya (formerly the Khedivial Library) and the library of al-Azhar. The text was printed in Cairo at Matba'at al-Mawsu'at in 1320 AH (1902 CE) and was subsequently reprinted in Beirut in 1402 AH (1982 CE).
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