| Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi | |
| Birth Name: | Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī |
| Birth Date: | 538 AH / 1144 CE |
| Birth Place: | Xàtiva, ax-Xarq al-Andalus (modern day País Valencià, Spain) |
| Death Date: | 22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH / 1194 CE |
| Death Place: | Egypt |
| Occupation: | Islamic scholar |
| Notable Works: | Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī (commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah), Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid, Nāzimatuz-zuhr, Qasīdah Dāliyah |
Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن فره بن خلف بن أحمد الرعيني الشاطبي), 538–590 AH / 1144–1194 CE, was an Islamic scholar from Xàtiva (then in الشرق الاندلس or ax-Xarq al-Andalus; modern day País Valencià, Spain) who worked in the field of, Qur'an recitation methods.
Al-Shatibi was born in 538 AH in al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia). He moved to Egypt in 574 AH where he died on 22 Jumada al-Thani 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.[1] His other books include: