Zamkhshari's use of eloquency to serve the theology of Mu'tazila"names & traits"

  • Zahran Omar Zahran Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs
  • Mohsen Al-Khaldi An-Najah National University, Nablus
Keywords: Al-Zamakhsharī, Divine Names and Attributes, Qurʾānic Exegesis (Tafsīr)

Abstract

This research is based on following the quran verses which talked about the traits of ALLAH, and explaining how Zamkhshari used the eloquency sciences to serve the mu'tazila theology in the names & traits section, to support his theology. it was clear that Zamkhshari has used eloquency to serve the theology of mu'tazila in the names & traits section, it was apparent when he resorted to the sciences of the arabic language, and his interpretation of the quran verses pertaining to it.

and what shows that Zamkhshari  has used syntax and morphology and interpretation and metaphor and confirmation and repetition and incorporation and comparsion and deletion and estimation, and the broadening in the meanings of the arabic language and the misinterpretation of it and the usage of anomalous readings and other examples in lingual sciences & eloquency to validate the theologies of the mu'tazila, and in many cases he used digression and affection and complexity, and misinterpretation.

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Published
2026-01-01