Al-Zamakhshari

Al-Zamakhshari (1075–1144) was a theologian, philosopher and writer.

Also recorded as Zemahşerî; Abu AlQasim Mahmoud ibn Omar Al-Zamakhshari; Abuʾl-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhshārī.

Overview

Born at Zamakhshar in 1075, died at Konye-Urgench in 1144.

In detail

training under Ibn al-Malāḥimī and Abu Mansur al-Jawaliqi is recorded. Yahya ibn Sa'dun is recorded as having studied under Al-Zamakhshari. the recorded working language is Arabic.

The field of work recorded is tafsir. The authority associates the name with Mu'tazilism.

Works named in the authority record are al-Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq ghawāmiḍ al-tanzīl wa-ʻuyūn al-aqāwīl fī Wujūh al-taʼwīl, al-Mustaqṣá fī Amthāl al-ʻArab, Asās al-balāghah, Al-Mofassal Fi Sina’at Al-E’rab and Rabīʻ al-abrār wa-nuṣūṣ al-akhyār.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

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