منهج الكواشي في القراءات الثلاث المتممة للعشرة

Abstract

Al Kuashi is one of the scholars who is well versed in using Qira’at in his exegesis. Many students do not know the methodology Al Kuashi adopted. A careful look at Kuashi’s exegesis reveals his inclusion of all the successive and the uncommon Qira’at. For the purpose of this research، the researchers decided that the inductive and analytical approach best suits this research to reach the desired outcomes including، for example، Qira’at are integral parts of our exegetical heritage which began with the first revelation of the Qur’an. Ibn Mujahid laid for its foundation in his book “Al-Qira’at Assab`” and Al-Tabari included it in his exegesis and thus was adopted by many exegetes including Al Kuashi. The three other Qira’at that complement the ten are Abi Ja`far Yazid Al-Qa`qa`’s، Yaqoub al-Hadhrami’s، and Khalaf Al-Bazzar’s. Al Kuashi believes that successive Qira’at are the seven، based on his approach as he says: “If I say so and so، then I am referring to the seven Qira’at، and when I say that it was read this way، then I am referring to an uncommon Qira’at. Therefore، it is no surprise that he included all types of Qira’at in his book ‘al-Talkhees’.