Tafsir al-Maturidi explained

Ta'wilat al-Qur'an
Author:Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Title Orig:Ta'wilat al-Qur'an (also Ta'wilat Ahl al-Sunna)[1]
Editor:Ahmet Vanlıoğlu
Translator:Translated into Turkish by Bekir Topaloğlu, Mehmet Erdoğan, İbrahim Tüfekçi, S. Kemal Sandıkçı, Fadıl Ayğan, Yunus Vehbi Yavuz
Cover Artist:Halil Yılmaz
Country:Ma Wara' al-Nahr (the land which lies beyond the river), Transoxiana (Central Asia)
Language:Arabic, Turkish
Subject:Tafsir
Publisher:Mizan Yayınevi
Publisher2:Ensar Neşriyat
Followed By:Kitab al-Tawhid

(Arabic: تأويلات أهل السنة|lit=Interpretations of the People of the Sunna|translit=Taʾwīlāt ʾAhl al-Sunna), commonly known as (Arabic: تفسير الماتريدي|translit=Tafsīr al-Māturīdī), is a classical Sunni tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), written by the famed theologian Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/944), who was a contemporary of al-Tabari.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Al-Maturidi prefers to combine the traditional and rational sources. Consequently, it can be identified as the exegesis that amalgamates traditional exegesis (Tafsir bi al-Ma'thur — which is interpretation based on tradition or text) with rational exegesis (Tafsir bi al-Ra'y — which is exegesis based on independent opinion).[6]

Al-Maturidi often indicates what the theological or sectarian issues at stake in debates over the meanings of a given verse or passage of scripture. He defended wisely, reasonably and strongly the doctrinal views of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah on the valid basis available in the Qur'an.[7]

According to a later commentator on this work, 'Alā' al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad Abu Bakr al-Samarqandi (d. around 540/1145), al-Maturidi did not write the Ta'wilat himself; rather, it is a compilation of his teachings that was prepared by his students. This is possible, as in some parts of the text the line of argument is rather convoluted and repetitious and does not appear to have been composed by a single author.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Issa J. Boullata. Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran. 2000. Curzon Press. 9780700712564. 73.
  2. Book: Al-'Aqidah al-Islamiyyah wa Madhahibuha. Qahtan 'Abd al-Rahman al-Duri. Google Books. January 2016 . Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية . 9782745171962 . ar.
  3. Book: Al-Hiwar al-'Arabi al-Turki Hawla Qadaya al-Islam fi Asya al-Wusta. Magdy Za'bal. Google Books. January 2010 . Al Manhal . 9796500166018 . ar.
  4. Web site: Te'vîlâtül Kur'ân Tercümesi 1. Ensar Neşriyat. Siyer Yayınları. tr.
  5. Web site: Ithaf al-Sada al-Muttaqin. Murtada al-Zabidi. Google Books. January 2016 . ar.
  6. The Methodology of al-Maturidi's Qur'anic Exegesis: Study of Ta'wilat Ahl al-Sunnah. Ahmad Choirul Rofiq. Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies. 2009 . 47 . 2 . 317–342 . Al-Qalam Journal. 10.14421/ajis.2009.472.317-342 . free.
  7. Web site: العلامة أبو منصور الماتريدي ومنهج تفسيره. Dr. Israr Ahmed Khan. aljamiah.or.id. Al-Jami'ah Journal of Islamic Studies.
  8. Book: Aisha Geissinger. Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority: A Rereading of the Classical Genre of Qur'an Commentary. 2015. Brill Academic Publishers. 9789004294448. 21–22.