TEXTUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND GLOBAL CIRCULATION OF AL-SAKKĀKĪ’S MIFTĀḤ AL-ʿULŪM
Keywords:
Al-Sakkākī, Miftāḥ al-ʿUlūm, Arabic linguistics, Islamic rhetoric, Codicology, Manuscript No. 7843, Oriental studies, Semantics.Abstract
This study examines the historical and linguistic significance of alSakkākī’s seminal 13th-century treatise, Miftāḥ al-ʿUlūm (The Key to the Sciences), a cornerstone of medieval Islamic pedagogy and Arabic linguistic theory. Developed during an era of intensified Quranic and Hadith exegesis, the work established a comprehensive theoretical framework for Arabic grammar and rhetoric, eventually becoming a standard curriculum in madrasas across the Islamic world.
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