Al-Kashshaf
Al-Zamakhshari’s Mu’tazilite Exegesis of the Qur’anThe book analyzes extensively al-Zamakhshar”s tafs’r al Kashsh’f within the framework of the Mu’tazilites’ five principles: (us’l al-khamsa) of their theology. Andrew Lane in his book entitled ‘A Traditional Mu’tazilite Qur”n Commentary: The Kashsh’f of J’r All’h al-Zamakhshar” states that al-Kashsh’f is not a Mu’tazilite tafs’r of the Qur”n. This book has been written to prove that al-Zamakhshar”s tafs’r is completely in accord with the Mu’tazilites’ theology which is embodied in their five principles. The book is divided into two parts. Part I comprises of al Zamakhshar”s biography, al-Kashsh’f, and his methodology of tafs’r. Part II covers comprehensive analysis of the five principles: unity of God; justice; the promise and the threat of divine reward and punishment; the intermediate position between belief and unbelief; and enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. The book concludes that al-Zamakhshar”s al-Kashsh’f is a Mu’tazilite tafs’r completely adhering to the Mu’tazilites’ theology.ISBN: 9783110532012, 3110532018
