Unveiling the Obfuscation of The Indian Comprehensive Benefits, by Al-Rumi and Al-Sindi A marginal note by Shahab al-Din ibn 'Ala' al-Din al-Tuqati, known as Ibn 'Urqiyya, died 973 AH. From his statement 'What is composed of speech' to his statement 'By specification and its absence' : A study and verification
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Sheikh al-Tuqati—may Allah have mercy on him—was raised in a distinguished family known for its deep-rooted scholarly tradition and noble character. Most members of this family were prominent scholars, which had a profound impact on shaping his academic personality. Although he was not of Arab origin, al-Tuqati was a distinguished scholar of Arabic, known for his precision and integrity in citing grammatical evidence. He also excelled in the science of logic, demonstrating his proficiency by linking grammatical issues to logical concepts and incorporating the terminology of logic into his marginalia to clarify their interrelation, Moreover, he showed great attention to morphological (ṣarf) issues, presenting and elaborating on them in detail. He was also interested in linguistic matters, explaining obscure words, and in prosody (ʿarūḍ), where he would mention poetic verses, identify their meters, and analyze their metrical structure. His scholarship extended to interpreting many Qur’anic verses and Prophetic hadiths, often pointing out the exact place of the grammatical or rhetorical reference, which indicates his excellence in tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) and hadith studies in addition to grammar and logic Al-Tuqati’s broad knowledge and versatility positioned him as a distinguished scholar whose contributions left a significant mark across multiple fields of Islamic scholarship..
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