Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi ala man sabaqahu min khilal kitabihi Mahasin al-Tawil

Taʿaqqubāt Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qāsimī ʿalā man sabaqahu min khilāl kitābihi Maḥāsin al-Taʾwīl (The Critical Rejoinders of Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi on His Predecessors Through His Book Mahasin al-Ta'wil) is an academic study in Quranic exegesis authored by Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hasan Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…. Originally presented as a doctoral dissertation at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in the Faculty of Usul al-Din during the 1444 AH academic year under the supervision of Turki ibn Saʿd al-Huwaymil, the work investigates the critical corrections, objections, and rectifications (taʿaqqubāt) made by the Syrian scholar Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi (d. 1332 AH) against earlier commentators and scholars in his exegesis Mahasin al-Tawil Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…+1.

Purpose and Scope

The study aims to compile and critically evaluate the positions where al-Qasimi critiqued or corrected earlier scholars across the entire text of the Quran, highlighting his critical methodology and assessing the scholarly merit of his rejoinders Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…. The author gathered approximately 200 instances of such rejoinders identified throughout Mahasin al-Taʾwīl Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….

Structure and Content

The work is organized into an introduction, a preliminary chapter, two major divisions, a conclusion, and reference indexes Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…:

• Preliminary Overview (al-Tamhīd): Introduces al-Qasimi's biography and provides an overview of Mahasin al-Taʾwīl Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….
• Part One: Theoretical Study (al-Dirāsah al-Naẓariyyah): Comprises four chapters:
  • Chapter 1: Definition of taʿaqqubāt in linguistics and technical usage, distinctions between it and synonymous concepts, and its historical development and importance in Islamic scholarship Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….
  • Chapter 2: Al-Qasimi's formulation styles (both explicit and implicit expressions) and his principal sources for these critiques Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….
  • Chapter 3: Classifications of al-Qasimi's critiques, covering Quranic interpretation, the sciences of the Quran (ʿulūm al-Qurʾān), and related disciplines such as creed (ʿaqīdah) and legal rulings Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…+1.
  • Chapter 4: Al-Qasimi's method in framing his rejoinders and their scholarly value Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….
• Part Two: Applied Study (al-Dirāsah al-Taṭbīqiyyah): Contains the sequential analysis and comparative study of al-Qasimi's rejoinders, ordered according to the surahs and verses of the Quran from Surah al-Fatihah to Surah al-Nas Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….
• Conclusion and Indexes: Summarizes the principal findings and provides comprehensive indexes for Quranic verses, hadiths, historical narrations (āthār), poetic verses, biographical entries, sources, and subject topics Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….

Method

In the theoretical section, the author adopts a descriptive and analytical approach, while the applied section utilizes an inductive and comparative method Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…. Each applied entry is structured under the surah title and verse text, followed by the exact passage containing al-Qasimi's critique Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-…. The author then examines the issue by comparing al-Qasimi's stance with the positions of other recognized scholars, verifying the arguments, and determining the most substantiated view (al-qawl al-rājiḥ) Taaqibat Jamal al-Din al-….