Tarjihat al-Samin al-Halabi - min Ayah 138 Surat Al Imran ila akhir al-sura
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Tarjihat al-Samin al-Halabi - min Ayah 138 Surat Al Imran ila akhir al-sura (The Interpretive and Grammatical Preferences of al-Samin al-Halabi from Verse 138 of Surah Al 'Imran to the End of the Surah) is an academic study by Abd Allah ibn Sulayman al-Namlah that examines the scholarly choices and preferences of al-Samin al-Halabi (d. 756 AH) in his Quranic commentary al-Qawl al-Wajiz fi Ahkam al-Kitab al-'Aziz .
Background and Scope
The work was presented as a master's thesis in Quranic commentary (tafsir) and hadith in the Department of Islamic Studies at King Saud University under the supervision of 'Isa ibn Nasir al-Duraybi . It was registered in 1439 AH and defended in 1442 AH as part of a wider collaborative university project tracking al-Samin al-Halabi's interpretive preferences across the Quran, drawing on manuscript segments edited at the Islamic University of Madinah .
The study investigates verses 138 to 200 of Surah Al 'Imran—a Quranic passage primarily addressing the Battle of Uhud and its aftermath—and isolates fifty specific instances where al-Samin al-Halabi weighed competing interpretations and exercised scholarly preference (tarjih) .
Structure and Contents
The book employs an inductive-analytical methodology and is divided into an introduction, two main chapters, and a conclusion :
- Chapter One: al-Samin al-Halabi's Methodology of Preference (Manhaj al-Samin al-Halabi fi al-Tarjih): Comprises five sections that define tarjih and its boundaries, analyze the explicit and inexplicit terminology al-Samin al-Halabi used to signal his preferences, detail his procedures and foundational rules of evaluation, and highlight the distinctive traits of his critical discussions .
- Chapter Two: Applied Study of the Preferences from Verse 138 to the End of the Surah: Spans seven sections arranged sequentially across the analyzed verses:
- Verses 138–148 .
- Verses 149–155 .
- Verses 156–163 .
- Verses 164–175 .
- Verses 176–189 .
- Verses 190–195 .
- Verses 196 to the end of the surah .
For each issue, the author states the verse, presents the origin and background of scholarly disagreement, quotes al-Samin al-Halabi's position and reasoning, and compares his view with those of other classical exegetes across relevant disciplines—including syntax (i'rab), rhetoric, variant readings (qira'at), occasions of revelation (asbab al-nuzul), legal rulings, and theology . The majority of the surveyed preferences concern grammatical analysis and apparent meaning (al-zahir), frequently drawing upon and refining material from Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati's al-Bahr al-Muhit .
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