Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

This article is about the 12th-century Quran scholar. For the 14th-century Maliki legal scholar, see Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi.

Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn Fīrruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī (Arabic: أبو محمد القاسم بن فِيرُّه 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 qira'at, Qur'an recitation methods.^[1]

Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi
Born	Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn Fīrruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī 538 AH / 1144 CE Xàtiva, ax-Xarq al-Andalus (modern day País Valencià, Spain)
Died	22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH / 1194 CE Egypt
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Notable work	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

Life and works

Al-Shatibi was born in 538 AH in al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia).^[2] He moved to Egypt in 574 AH where he died on 22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH.^[2] 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.^[3] His other books include:^[4]

• Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid
• Nāzimatuz-zuhr
• Qasīdah Dāliyah