Al-Zamakhshari

Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (Arabic: الزمخشري; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazilite theologian, linguist, poet and interpreter of the Quran. He is best known for his book Al-Kashshaf, which interprets and linguistically analyzes Quranic expressions and the use of figurative speech for conveying meaning. This work is a primary source for all major linguists.

Notable works: al-Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq ghawāmiḍ al-tanzīl wa-ʻuyūn al-aqāwīl fī Wujūh al-taʼwīl, al-Mustaqṣá fī Amthāl al-ʻArab, Asās al-balāghah, Al-Mofassal Fi Sina’at Al-E’rab, Rabīʻ al-abrār wa-nuṣūṣ al-akhyār

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