Research Article

Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story

Number: 53 January 20, 2025
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Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story

Abstract

Numerous genres of writing have emerged in the tradition of Islāmic thought including ṭabaqāt, thabat, ta‘rīfāt, mufradāt, and muṣṭalaḥāt. The present study delves into the possibility that the genre of thabat is a new field within the tradition of ṭabaqāt almufassirīn. By ascertaining the works written in the genre of thabat, one can obtain comprehensive information about the life stories of scholars including such details as their lineage, family, birth, patronymic-teknonymic and toponymic names, cultural background, scholarly personality, intellectual journeys, masters, pupils, contemporaries, works, denomination, and time of death. Unlike bio-bibliographical works, details such as the dates when the polymaths were students of which teachers, what books they read, the curriculum of their training periods, and where and for what purpose they travelled on which date can be commonly determined by referring to the thabat literature. Therefore, the tradition of thabat is an important referential source for finding out the biographies of the commentators, particularly those specialized in ḥadīth narratives. In the final analysis this study elucidates that the tradition of thabat is convenient for being a subsidiary link to the tafsīr ṭabaqāt, inferring from its possibility of providing comprehensive information about the life stories, erudite personalities, travels, and works of exegetes like Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī, who was also an authority in the science of ḥadīth and proved his knowledgeable maturity in other fields particularly tafsīr.

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Supporting Institution

This study was supported by Siirt University Scientific Research Projects (SIU-BAP) Commission (Project No: 2022-SİÜİLH-043)

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Biography, Tafsir

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 20, 2025

Submission Date

June 27, 2024

Acceptance Date

October 28, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 53

APA
Demir, Z. (2025). Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, 53, 29-55. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1505801
AMA
1.Demir Z. Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025;(53):29-55. doi:10.26570/isad.1505801
Chicago
Demir, Zakir. 2025. “Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - With Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah Al-Makkī’s Life Story”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 53: 29-55. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1505801.
EndNote
Demir Z (January 1, 2025) Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi 53 29–55.
IEEE
[1]Z. Demir, “Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story”, İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 53, pp. 29–55, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.26570/isad.1505801.
ISNAD
Demir, Zakir. “Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - With Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah Al-Makkī’s Life Story”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 53 (January 1, 2025): 29-55. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1505801.
JAMA
1.Demir Z. Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025;:29–55.
MLA
Demir, Zakir. “Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - With Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah Al-Makkī’s Life Story”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 53, Jan. 2025, pp. 29-55, doi:10.26570/isad.1505801.
Vancouver
1.Zakir Demir. Exploring a New Link to the Tabaqāt of Exegetes: The Literature of Thabat - with Special Focus on Ibn ‘Aqīlah al-Makkī’s Life Story. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2025 Jan. 1;(53):29-55. doi:10.26570/isad.1505801