Al-Ṭabarī and the Dynamics of tafsīr: Theological Dimensions of a Legacy.

The Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl ayy al-Qurʾān is fittingly recognised as representing an important milestone in the history of the discipline of tafsīr: within the work, al-Ṭabarī accomplished a uniquely comprehensive exegetical synthesis of literary, grammatical, legal and theological elements, bringing a broader sense of definition and purpose to the discipline of tafsīr. Among the characteristic features of the scholarship of al-Ṭabarī are the objectivity and consistency he brought to his work and such qualities resonate in his gauging of theological issues and topics. While it has been customary to view al-Ṭabarī’s theology as being strictly informed by a rigidly traditionalist methodology, a circumspect review of theological discussions in the tafsīr reveals not only the author’s accomplished marshalling of the attendant arguments and theses, but also the spirit of autonomy and resourcefulness with which he assesses points of doctrine and dogma. In this article an attempt is made to analyse aspects of the intertwined theological discourses of the tafsīr and related treatises, bridging them with materials articulated in the biographical sources. The aim is to explore the relationship between his approach to scholarship along with the standpoints to which he adhered and their impact upon attitudes towards his remarkable work and legacy. Key words: Tafsīr; Islamic theology; al-Ṭabarī; istiwāʾ; ism and musammā; Arabic grammarians; classical Arabic biograph

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Commentary on Rawḍat al-azhār fī ʻilm waqt al-layl wa-al-nahār, "a poem on timekeeping compiled in 794 H [i.e. 1391 or 2]" by Abū Zayd ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ghālib al-Jādarī. See David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 139.In Maghribī script.Text and title rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of copyist (same as that of Mich. Isl. Mss. 797,2-5).Date and copyist's name in colophon: kamala ... ʻalá yad kātibihi li-nafsihi thumma li-man shāʾa Allāh min baʻdihi al-muḥtāj ilá luṭf rabbihi al-khafī Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá al-Azharī al-Ḥanafī fī sanat 1045.[88-91].[5] Arithmetical treatise, pp. [50-54]; [6] Wa-fī al-Maʻūnah li-Ibn al-Hāyim ..., p. [55]; [7] ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥajjāj ibn al-Yāsamīn, Lammā badat lī al-judhūr mughlaqah naẓamtu fī ajnāsatihā al-muḥaqqaqah urjūzah ..., pp. [56-57]; [8] ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, Fa-qad saʾalanī ... al-sayyid ʻAbd Allāh ibn Saʻīd ... ʻalá kayfīyat ikhtiṣār al-ʻadad al-marsūm bi-al-ḥaṭṭ al-jasīm, pp. [58-65]; [9] Hādhā sharḥ qaṣīdat al-Ṭughrāʾī, pp. [66-88]; [10] Abū al-Suʻūd, Mīmīyah, pp.Pp. [1-24]. Bound with: [2] Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Qāḍī, Iẓhār al-kunūz fī ḥall al-rumūz, pp. [24-31]; [3] ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī al-Tarīkī, Istikhrāj al-suʾāl min al-wafq al-murabbaʻ al-kāmil al-aqṭār, pp. [32-40]; [4] ʻAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn Hishām, Mūqidh al-adhhān wa-mūqiḍ al-wasnān, pp. [41-49];Dict. Sci. Biog.,Commentary on Rawḍat al-azhār fī ʻilm waqt al-layl wa-al-nahār, "a poem on timekeeping compiled in 794 H [i.e. 1391 or 2]" by Abū Zayd ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ghālib al-Jādarī. See David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 139.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundProlific and versatile Moroccan scholar, chiefly known for his biographical works; also achieved reknown for his knowledge of arithmetic and its use in Islamic law for the division of inheritances.Purchased in Cairo, 1933/34