Tafsir al-Kashshaf - wa maahu al-Intisaf wa Mashahid al-Insaf wa al-Kafi al-Shaf
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- 538 AH
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Tafsir al-Kashshaf - wa maahu al-Intisaf wa Mashahid al-Insaf wa al-Kafi al-Shaf is a composite scholarly edition centered on the seminal Quranic commentary al-Kashshaf by Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn 'Umar al-Zamakhshari (d. 538 AH / 1144 CE), accompanied by critical marginalia, hadith verification, and grammatical commentaries .
Overview and Components
The compilation unites al-Zamakhshari's primary text with four supplementary works designed to evaluate, contextualize, and critique its theological and linguistic content :
- Tafsir al-Kashshaf (al-Kashshaf 'an Haqa'iq Ghawamid al-Tanzil wa 'Uyun al-Aqawil fi Wujuh al-Ta'wil): Authored by al-Zamakhshari and completed in Mecca in 528 AH, it is widely celebrated for its analysis of Quranic rhetoric, grammar, and literary inimitability (i'jaz), while incorporating Mu'tazili theological positions .
- al-Intisaf (al-Intisaf fi-ma Tadammanahu al-Kashshaf min al-I'tizal): Written by Nasir al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Munayyir al-Iskandari al-Maliki (d. 683 AH / 1284 CE), a scholar, judge, and preacher from Alexandria . Ibn al-Munayyir investigates the Mu'tazili tenets embedded throughout the commentary, presents counter-arguments from the theological mainstream, and engages in detailed grammatical debates .
- al-Kafi al-Shaf (al-Kafi al-Shaf fi Takhrij Ahadith al-Kashshaf, also referenced as al-Kaf al-Shaf): Authored by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d. 852 AH / 1449 CE) . The treatise is an abridgment and supplementation of the earlier hadith extraction work by Jamal al-Din Jamal al-Din al-Zayla'i (d. 762 AH), evaluating the authenticity of the prophetic reports, narrations, and stories cited by al-Zamakhshari .
- Hashiyat al-Marzuqi and Mashahid al-Insaf (Mashahid al-Insaf 'ala Shawahid al-Kashshaf): Authored by Muhammad 'Ulayyan al-Marzuqi al-Shafi'i (d. 1355 AH / 1936 CE), an Egyptian scholar from Sharqiyya who studied at al-Azhar and died in Cairo . These texts provide analytical glosses and an extensive commentary explaining the poetic evidential verses (shawahid) cited across al-Kashshaf .
Editorial and Publication History
This multi-text edition was compiled, ordered, vocalized, and corrected by Mustafa Husayn Ahmad . It was published by al-Maktaba al-Tijariyya in Egypt and subsequently issued and reprinted by publishers including Dar al-Kitab al-'Arabi and Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-'Arabi in Beirut .
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