Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi
Born
Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī

538 AH / 1144 CE
Xàtiva, ax-Xarq al-Andalus (modern day País Valencià, Spain)
Died22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH / 1194 CE
OccupationIslamic scholar
Notable workḤirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī (commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah), Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid, Nāzimatuz-zuhr, Qasīdah Dāliyah

Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī (Arabic: أبو القاسم بن فره بن خلف بن أحمد الرعيني الشاطبي), 538–590 AH / 1144–1194 CE, was an Islamic scholar from Xàtiva (then in الشرق الاندلس or ax-Xarq al-Andalus; modern day País Valencià, Spain) who worked in the field of qira'at, Qur'an recitation methods.[1]