Sharh al-Azhariyya
- Author died
- 905 AH
- Editions
- Al-Maṭba‘ah al-Kubrā bi-Būlāq
Sharh al-Azhariyya (Sharḥ al-Azharīyya, fully titled Sharḥ al-Muqaddima al-Azharīyya fī ʿIlm al-ʿArabīyya) is an Arabic grammatical commentary written by the Egyptian grammarian Zayn al-Din Khalid al-Azhari (c. 838–905 AH / 1434–1499 CE) on his own introductory primer, al-Muqaddima al-Azharīyya fī ʿIlm al-ʿArabīyya .
Composition and Content
The author composed the base text, al-Muqaddima al-Azharīyya, as an outline of Arabic grammar, commencing with the definition of speech (al-kalām) in the technical terminology of grammarians . He subsequently authored this commentary to explain and expand upon the primer after being requested to do so by a colleague whose piety and blessing he held in high regard .
Supercommentaries and Reception
The commentary became a standard pedagogical text in grammar and was the subject of several notable supercommentaries (ḥawāshī):
- A supercommentary by the Shafi'i scholar Abu Bakr al-Shinwani (959–1019 AH / 1552–1611 CE), which begins with praise of God under all conditions .
- A well-known supercommentary by the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Hasan al-Attar (1190–1250 AH / 1776–1835 CE) . The later Grand Imam Muhammad al-Inbabi (b. 1240 AH) subsequently authored marginal glosses (taqrīrāt) on al-Attar's supercommentary .
Publication
The work was printed in Egypt early in the print era, including editions produced at the Bulaq Press in 1251 AH and 1252 AH, as well as a later Cairo edition in 1274 AH .
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