拍品 47

MUKMIL KISHAF, A COMMENTARY ON ZAMAKHSHARI'S (D. 1144 AD): AL-KASHSHAF 'AN HAQAIQ AL-TANZIL WA 'UYUN AL-AQAWIL FI WUJUH AL-TA'WIL

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

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MUKMIL KISHAF, A COMMENTARY ON ZAMAKHSHARI'S (D. 1144 AD): AL-KASHSHAF 'AN HAQAIQ AL-TANZIL WA 'UYUN AL-AQAWIL FI WUJUH AL-TA'WIL
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
A follow up on Zamakshari's celebrated commentary on the Qur'an, Arabic manuscript on paper, 685ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 27ll. of small black naskh script within gold rules, catchwords, important words written in red, red roundels marking particular points within the text, sura headings in large gold naskh, opening folio with rubbed gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, a few marginal repairs, some staining in the margins, a worm hole affecting about the last 20ff., in contemporary gilt and stamped brown morocco binding with fine floral decoration
Folio 10 x 7 1/8in. (26 x 17.5cm.); text panel 6 x 4in. (17 x 10cm.)

拍品专文

Abu al-Qasim "Jarallah" Mahmoud b. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari (AH 538- 467/1075-1144 AD) was born in al-Jurjaniya, Khwarazm. Zamakhshari was renowned for his great scholarship of the Qur'an and his mastery of the Arabic language. His works expounded Mu'tazilite theology, but often were tempered by his own concepts and opinions.

His monumental work al-Kashaf 'an haqa'iq al-tanzil wa 'uyun al-aqawil fi wujuh al-ta'wil, commonly known as al-Kashaf al-Tafsir, completed in 1134 AD, is celebrated for its genius and linguistic depth. He had previously written the highly acclaimed Al-Mufassal . He travelled abroad greatly, but stayed in Mecca for such a long period that he earned the nickname Jarallah ("neighbour of God"). He died in his birthplace of al-Jurjaniya