Al-Buqa'i's Resources in his Book "Nuzum Al-Durar in the Proportion of Verses and Surahs" from the Works of the Arabic Language and its Branches 10.35781/1637-000-136-006

Abstract

This research, "Al-Baq'i's Resources in His Book "Nizam Al- Durar Fi Tanasub Al-Ayat Wa Al-Sur" from the Works of the Arabic Language and Its Branches," aims to demonstrate an aspect of the scholarly value of this book and shed light on the impact of these works on the construction of this great book. I followed two approaches: the first is the descriptive inductive approach, where I collected the instances where Al-Baq'i explicitly cited quotations from books on the language and its branches, and introduced each quotation with a description of it and its author. The second is the analytical-deductive approach, which involved analyzing the available examples from each of these quotations to demonstrate their importance, how Al-Baq'i benefited from them, and the scholarly value of his reliance on them. These quotations were arranged based on the majority of Al- Baq'i's explicit references to them. The research reached several conclusions, including: Al-Baq'i - may God have mercy on him- was an encyclopedic scholar who benefited from many works written before him, even though he did not explicitly quote from them. This is evidenced by the scholarly aspects of the connections between verses and surahs contained in his book. He did not explicitly mention in his book "Nazm al-Durar" all the works he had learned from the Arabic language and its branches. This is evidenced by the paucity of sources he explicitly cited, compared to the book's size and the range of sciences, knowledge, and nuances it contained. He explicitly cited twenty-four books on the language and its sciences, even though he quoted from them in approximately three hundred and sixteen places. Al-Baq'i's methods of transmission varied: sometimes he quoted the text verbatim, sometimes he quoted it with modifications, and sometimes he quoted it by meaning. He was a critical scholar who examined everything he quoted, so may God reward him for his service to Islam and Muslims.