Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

AbÅ« Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn FÄ«rruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-RuÊ¿aynÄ« al-ShāṭibÄ« (), 538–590 AH / 1144–1194 CE, was an Islamic scholar from Xàtiva (then in الشرق الاندلس or ax-Xarq al-Andalus; modern day País ValenciÃÂ, Spain) who worked in the field of , Qur'an recitation methods.

Life and works

Al-Shatibi was born in 538 AH in al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia). He moved to Egypt in 574 AH where he died on 22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH. He authored Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī, commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah. The Pakistani scholar Fateh Muhammad Panipati wrote a commentary on it entitled Inayate Rahmani. His other books include:

• AqÄ«lat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fÄ« asná al-maqāṣid
• Nāzimatuz-zuhr
• QasÄ«dah Dāliyah

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