I'jaz al-Qur'an (al-Baqillani) · Islam Museum

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Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region: Levant & Iraq

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Al-Baqillani's I'jaz al-Qur'an, printed several times, is regarded as a classic work on the subject of the Qur'an's inimitability; it is one of only six extant works out of the fifty-two titles that the qadi Iyad listed for him ¹.

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Authored by: al-Baqillani

People and things also explored

Verse-endings (fawasil)· Al-Baqillani carries Adud al-Dawla's reply to the Byzantine court, 369/980· Al-Baqillani counted the mujaddid of the fourth century, turn of 400 AH· Al-Baqillani serves as qadi outside Baghdad and visits Shiraz, c. 970-983· Al-Baqillani takes kalam from Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i, companion of al-Ash'ari· Death of the qadi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani in Baghdad, 23 Dhu'l-Qa'da 403/5 June 1013· Qarwash al-Uqayli's khutba for al-Hakim at Mosul and Kufa· Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 1018

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islam.museum contributors. “I'jaz al-Qur'an (al-Baqillani)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/ijaz-al-quran-baqillani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Verse-endings (fawasil)

A fasila is the last word of a verse, like a poem's rhyme or the paired end of rhymed prose; it is al-Zarkashi's third type. Al-Dani distinguished the fasila from the verse-end; the endings were called fawasil rather than saj' to honour the Qur'an, and scholars differed over whether rhymed prose occurs in it: al-Rummani and al-Baqillani denied it, the latter citing al-Ash'ari, while others affirmed it.