Al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān. First Edition with Ḥāshiyat al-Salāwī

الإتقان في علوم القرآن

By Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911 AH)

With the Ḥāshiyah of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Salāwī al-Mālikī

Al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān is universally recognized as one of the greatest and most comprehensive works ever written on the sciences of the Qur'an. Compiled by the renowned polymath Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, it has served for centuries as the standard encyclopedic reference on ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān, bringing together the vast disciplines required for a proper understanding of the Qur'an in a single masterful work.

Organized into eighty major branches of Qur'anic sciences, Al-Itqān explores virtually every aspect of Qur'anic studies. It discusses the distinction between Makkan and Madinan revelations, the occasions of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl), the canonical modes of recitation (Qirāʾāt), abrogation (Nāsikh wa-Mansūkh), Qur'anic rhetoric and eloquence, grammar, the miraculous nature of the Qur'an, principles of tafsir, and numerous other disciplines that have become foundational to the study of the Qur'an.

Distinguished by its remarkable breadth and careful organization, the work draws upon hundreds of earlier authorities, preserving a vast amount of classical scholarship in an accessible and systematic format. It remains one of the primary references for students of tafsir, Qur'anic sciences, Arabic language, and Islamic scholarship.

This distinguished edition is the first to publish Imām al-Suyūṭī's Al-Itqān together with the complete ḥāshiyah of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Salāwī al-Mālikī. Carefully edited from manuscript sources, al-Salāwī's marginal notes clarify difficult passages, expand linguistic and juristic discussions, identify additional sources, and offer valuable scholarly observations. By publishing this important supercommentary alongside Al-Itqān for the first time, the edition brings the insights of the North African Mālikī scholarly tradition directly to one of Islam's greatest works on Qur'anic sciences, substantially enhancing its value for researchers and advanced students.

Edited by Muṣṭafā Shaykh Muṣṭafā with annotations and editorial notes by Yūnus Muṣṭafā al-Ṣabbāḥ, this edition offers researchers and serious students an authoritative and highly valuable presentation of this enduring classic.

Features

• First edition to publish Al-Itqān together with the complete manuscript-based ḥāshiyah of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Salāwī
• One of the most comprehensive works ever written on the sciences of the Qur'an
• Covers eighty major disciplines of ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān
• Discusses revelation, Qirāʾāt, tafsir, rhetoric, grammar, abrogation, and more
• Preserves the opinions of hundreds of earlier scholars
• Marginal notes clarify difficult passages and expand scholarly discussions
• Carefully edited by Muṣṭafā Shaykh Muṣṭafā with editorial annotations by Yūnus Muṣṭafā al-Ṣabbāḥ
• An indispensable reference for students and researchers of Qur'anic sciences