Al-Mutawwal, sharh Talkhees al-Miftah

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Al-Mutawwal, Arabic, New,
sharh Talkhees al-Miftah,
*[A4] Hardback - 741 pages,
Mutawwal by Imam Mas'ud bin Umar al-Taftazani [d.792h],
Talkhis al-Miftah by Imam al-Qazwini [d.739h],
by Dar Ehia al-Tourath al-Arabi, Lebanon.

Description :

Al-Mutawwal - Imam Mas'ud ibn Umar Taftazani's, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, [d.792h] Arabic language work on eloquence. This edition contains the notes and annotations of Imam Ali Ibn Muhammad Jurjani on the original text.

Imam al-Taftazani' work was a summary of the work titled 'Talkhis al-Miftah' the famous Arabic language study of rhetoric by al-Khatib al-Qazwini (Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Qazwini, 666/1268 - 739/1338). Al-Qazwini's work was in turn a summary of the the third part of the early Arabic grammar work, 'Miftah al-Ulum' (Key to the Disciplines) by Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr Sakkaki (d. ca 626/1229).

Imam al-Taftazani :

He is Imam Sad al-Din Masud ibn Umar al-Taftazani. Imam al-Taftazani, may Allah have mercy upon him, was a renowned scholar from a distinguished scholarly family, born in the village of Taftazan in the northeastern Persian province of Khurasan. He was of the Hanafi school in matters of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and a Maturidi with regard to issues of Aqidah (Islamic creed).

He was author of numerous works on Arabic grammar, rhetoric, theology, logic, law, and Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir). His commentaries on well-known works in various fields of Islamic sciences were and are still widely used in madrasahs and Islamic seminaries. He passed away in Samarqand in 1390 Common Era.

Imam al-Qazwini :

He is Imam Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman Jalal al-Din bin Amr al-Qazwini, al-Shafi'i, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, and was born in 666 hijri (1268 C.E). He was known and referred to as al-Khatib al-Qazwini (as well as Khatib al-Dimishq - Preacher of Damascus). He served the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus as the Imam. He also became a prominent judge (Qadi) in Syria (al-Sham) and was later appointed the Shafi'i Chief Judge in Cairo.

Khatib al-Qazwini was considered an expert in fiqh, but was more renowned as a master in the art of discourse (rhetoric) hence his title Khatib. Besides Talkhees al Miftah (Summary of the Key) he also wrote Al-Idah (The Clarification) which is an expanded edition of the Talkhees. He was trilingual in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. He passed away in Damascus in 739 hijri (1338 C.E).