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