تفسیرِ قرآن کی اساسیات ومبادیات (مقدمہ تفسیر ابن عطیہ کا خصوصی مطالعہ )

THE FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE QUR’ĀNIC INTERPRETATION (SPECIALIZED STUDY OF TAFSĪR IBN ‘ATIYYAH’S PREFACE)

Abstract

The tradition laid by Imām Ṭabarī to discuss the Qur’ānic Sciences in the preface of the exegesis was carried forward by later exegetes in their specific way. Ibn ‘Aṭiyyah Andalusī (d. 541 A.H.) is also one of those great exegetes, who placed such prefaces at the start of their magnificent and discursive Qur’ānic Commentaries, which contain novel discussions of the Qur’ānic Sciences. The name of exegesis by Ibn ‘Aṭiyyah is “Al-Muḥarrar al-Wajīz fī Tafsīr al-Kitāb al-‘Azīz” which has been published in six volumes. The first volume opens with a comprehensive preface in which the author divided the discussions of the Qur’ānic Sciences into nine chapters. The most important and prominent ones are The Qur’ānic Interpretation and Ranks of Interpreters, The Revelation of the Qur’ān on Seven Dialects, and Arabicized Words of the Qur’ān. Ibn ‘Aṭiyyah not only quoted the maxims but also stated their preference. Moreover, the ornamented his stances through his diligent approach.