About al-Kashshāf (al-Zamakhsharī)
A classical tafsīr centered on language and rhetoric; examines the literary iʿjāz of the Qurʾān.
al-Kashshāf ʿan ḥaqāʾiq ghawāmiḍ al-tanzīl is the tafsīr of Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd al-Zamakhsharī (d. 538/1144). It is centered on language, grammar, and rhetoric, and foregrounds the literary iʿjāz of the Qurʾān (badīʿ, bayān, and maʿānī).
Significance
- Through its rhetorical insights and subtleties, it has profoundly influenced subsequent tafāsīr (al-Bayḍāwī, Abū al-Suʿūd…).
- It has been criticized for its Muʿtazilī interpretations, and refutations (rudūd) and glosses (ḥawāshī) have been written on those sections.
Access
The work has been published in the public domain. It can be downloaded free of charge from the e-book portal of the Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu (YEK). In our application, al-Kashshāf pages relevant to the corresponding verses can also be opened via an embedded viewer.
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