| Al-Kashshaf: Al-Zamakhshari's Mu'tazilite Exegesis of the Qur'an Contributor(s): Ullah, Kifayat (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110532018 ISBN-13: 9783110532012 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $110.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Theology - Religion | Islam - Koran & Sacred Writings |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 269 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book analyzes extensively al-Zamakhsharī's tafsīr al Kashshāf within the framework of the Mu'tazilites' five principles: (usūl al-khamsa) of their theology. Andrew Lane in his book entitled "A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'ān Commentary: The Kashshāf of Jār Allāh al-Zamakhsharī" states that al-Kashshāf is not a Mu'tazilite tafsīr of the Qur'ān. This book has been written to prove that al-Zamakhsharī's tafsīr is completely in accord with the Mu'tazilites' theology which is embodied in their five principles. The book is divided into two parts. Part I comprises of al Zamakhsharī's biography, al-Kashshāf, and his methodology of tafsīr. Part II covers comprehensive analysis of the five principles: unity of God; justice; the promise and the threat of divine reward and punishment; the intermediate position between belief and unbelief; and enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. The book concludes that al-Zamakhsharī's al-Kashshāf is a Mu'tazilite tafsīr completely adhering to the Mu'tazilites' theology. |