The work on Qur’ânic interpretation called al-Muharrar al-Wajîz fî Tafsîr al-Kitâb al-‘Azîz by
Abû Muhammad Abd al-Haqq Ibn Ghâlib Ibn al-Atiyyah al-Ghirnâtî (d. 541/1146), is usually
compared with Jar Allah al-Zamahsharî’s al-Kashshaf. Although al-Muharrar is mainly
concerned with narrative interpretation, it is one of works which frequently cites poem as
evidence (istishhâd). In this article, we shall explore the passages where poems have been
quoted as an evidence of a particular meaning for particular word(s) in this work. Besides, it is
found out that the most significant source of Ibn al-Atiyyah when he is quoting the poems is
Tabârî’s Tafsîr. It is also concluded that Ibn Atiyyathe author of al-Muharrar sometimes makes
importants observations and significant analyses about shawâhid, i.e. the poems quoted as
way of evidence
