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The prominent Iranian Sunni Mu’tazalite theologian and exegete of Holy Qur’an, Az-Zamakhshari
Compiled by: Syed Ali Shahbaz
On 27th of the Islamic month of Rajab in 467 AH, the prominent Iranian Sunni Mu’tazalite theologian and exegete of Holy Qur’an, Abu’l-Qasim Mahmoud az-Zamakhshari, was born in Zamakhshar, Khwarezm. He lived most of his life in Bukhara, Samarqand, and Baghdad, and because of his long stay in Mecca near the Sacred Mosque that houses the holy Ka’ba, he was known as “Jar-Allah” (God's Neighbour).
He was prolific writer in both Persian and Arabic, and is best known for “al-Kashshaaf”, a seminal commentary on the Qur'an, famous for its deep linguistic analysis of the ayahs, and which makes note of God’s revelation regarding the unsurpassed merits of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA). His other works include “Asaas al-Balaghah” on Arabic literature, “Moqaddamat-al-Adab” – an Arabic-Persian lexicon – and the voluminous “Rabi al-Abraar”, in which among other interesting information, he has exposed the doubtful parentage of Mu’awiyya the founder of the usurper Omayyad dynasty. He passed in 538 AH.
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