Abū al-Qāsim ibn
Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī (), 538–590
AH / 1144–1194 CE, was an
Islamic scholar
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from
Xàtiva
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(then in الشرق الاندلس or ''ax-Xarq al-Andalus''; modern day
País Valencià, Spain) who worked in the field of ,
Qur'an
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recitation methods.
Life and works
Al-Shatibi was born in 538
AH in
al-Andalus
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(Islamic Iberia). He moved to Egypt in 574 AH where he died on 22
Jumada al-Thani
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590 AH. He authored ''Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī'', commonly known as ''Matn al-Shāṭibīyah''. The Pakistani scholar
Fateh Muhammad Panipati wrote a commentary on it entitled ''Inayate Rahmani''.
His other books include:
* ''Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid''
* ''Nāzimatuz-zuhr''
* ''Qasīdah Dāliyah''
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1144 births
1194 deaths
12th-century Muslim theologians
12th-century writers from al-Andalus
Maliki scholars from al-Andalus
People from the Almohad Caliphate
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