THE NATURE OF DIVINE QUOTATIONS IN AL-AM?R AS-SAN'?N?'S WORK ENTITLED AL-IZ?H WA AL-BAY?N F? TAHK?KI 'IB?R?T AL-KASAS AL- QUR'?N AND THE CRITIQUE OF TREATISE SUBJECTS

Abstract

Almost everyone who looks at the Qur'an and reads a few lines or a few passages will not be late to see that the word of scripture goes full circle to historical narratives and to the quotations laid out in the style of qala or qalu. Therefore, it is scarcely an overstatement to point out that about a quarter or half of the scripture is composed of the narrating of historical events and stories. It is possible to call this subject, divine quotations, which are observed in the integrity of the Qur'an. It is readily apparent that al-Amir Muhammad b. Isma'il as-San'ani, who is the subject of our article, wrote the first an independent treatise on the divine quotations. as-San'ani, a Zaidi scholar is a prolific and versatile schoolman who comes into prominence in many fields, especially tafsir, hadith and fiqh, has a grasp of the technicality of the Arabic language and uses the language effectively. He is one of the mujtahid Zaidi scholars and figures who influenced the tradition of Yemeni science. as-San'ani wrote a treatise on the nature of the divine quotations and called al-Izah wa al-bayan fi tahkiki 'ibarat al-kasas al-Qur'an. In this treatise, which has reached to the modern period, there is a summary presentation with a question-answer method about the nature of the embedded speakers (al-kalam al-mahki) in Qur'an... [The Extended Abstract is at the end of the article.]