Al-Qushayri's Al-Qushayri's Approach to Rhetorical Issues

Abstract

Research Summary: Praise be to God who sent down the Book and made it a path to salvation and a constitution for life, and prayers and peace be upon the gifted blessing, our master Muhammad, and upon his pure family, and his noble and blessed companions, and upon those who followed them and traced their footsteps until the Day of Judgment. Now then, contemplate the meanings of the Noble Book of God, which falsehood cannot approach from before it or from behind it, because God Almighty has deposited in it knowledge whose wonders are endless, and wisdom whose marvels are endless; Schools of interpretation have varied, and their approaches have been diverse. Some rely on knowledge, others focus on narration, and others take the path of allusion. At the heart of this diversity emerged the personality of Imam al-Qushayri, who combined knowledge and leadership, knowledge and care. In his interpretation, he followed a skillful approach that combined these disciplines and revealed the, this thesis sheds light on Imam al-Qushayri's approach to interpretation, analytically and comparatively, in service of knowledge and scholarship, and in search of completion and benefit. Keywords: al-Qushayri's approach, issues, rhetoric.