![]() ![]() He was an outstanding scholar of his time who excelled in many sciences. His command of Arabic was superb and unparalleled. ![]() In most of the cases they mention what students studied with or transmitted from al-Zamakhsharī, but in some cases, information regarding their fields of study is not available. These sources also identify about twenty-six of his students. The biographical dictionaries mention that al-Zamakhsharī acquired his education from approximately eleven scholars, and studied exegesis, traditions, theology, jurisprudence, grammar, lexicography, and literature. His first visit took place sometime between 500/1106 and 518/1124, and his second visit was in 526/1131 when he stayed for seven years, hence he was given the honorific title of JārAllāh (Neighbor of God). Al-Zamakhsharī traveled for purposes of education and visited Mecca twice and stayed there for a period of approximately twelve years. ![]() Muʻtazilism continued to thrive in Khwārazm, at least until the second half of the eighth/fourteenth century, while in the rest of the Muslim world it had already declined.Īl-Zamakhsharī was born in 467/1075 at Zamakhshar in Khwārazm and died in 538/1144 inJurjāniyya, where he was buried. Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūdb.‘Umar al-Zamakhsharī is one of the least widely known and outstanding Ḥanafī Muʻtazilite scholars who made important contributions in the fields of Qur’ānic exegesis, traditions, theology, jurisprudence, grammar, lexicography, and literature. ![]()
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