Al-Kashshaf : : Al-Zamakhshari's Mu'tazilite Exegesis of the Qur'an / / Kifayat Ullah.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Ullah, Kifayat,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 259 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Al-Zamakhsharī’ Life and Works -- Chapter 1. Al-Zamakhsharī’s Biography -- Chapter 2. Al-Kashshāf -- Chapter 3. Al-Zamakhsharī’s Methodology of Tafsīr -- Part II: The Five Principles -- Chapter 4. The Five Principles (al-uṣūl al-khamsa) -- Chapter 5. Second Principle: Justice (‘adl) -- Chapter 6. Third Principle: The Promise and the Threat (al-waʻd wa al-waʻīd) -- Chapter 7. Fourth Principle: The Intermediate Position between Belief and Unbelief (al-manzila bayna al-manzilatayn) -- Chapter 8. Fifth Principle: Enjoining what is Right and Forbidding what is Wrong (al-amr bi al-maʻrūf wa al-nahy ‘an al-munkar) -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Al-Zamakhsharī’s Scholarly Contribution -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Qurʼān Citations