Manuscript Sources And Textual Features Of Husam Al-Din Al-Sighnaqi’s “Al-Tasdid Fi Sharh Al-Tamhid”
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https://doi.org/10.57033/mijournals-2026-4-0293Keywords:
Husam al-Din al-Sighnaqi, al-Tasdid, al-Tamhid, Abu al-Mu’in al-Nasafi, Maturidism, Hanafi-Maturidi tradition, manuscript, source criticism, tahqiqAbstract
This article examines the manuscript tradition of al-Tasdid fi Received: 15-05-2026 Sharh al-Tamhid, a commentary by the Hanafi-Maturidi scholar Husam al-Din Accepted: 28-05-2026 al-Sighnaqi on Abu al-Mu’in al-Nasafi’s al-Tamhid li-Qawa’id al-Tawhid. The study analyzes the evidence confirming the attribution of the work to al-Sighnaqi, Published:09-06-2026 with particular attention to the manuscript title page, authorial statement, date of completion, and colophon. It also provides a comparative examination of the manuscript copies preserved in the Süleymaniye Library and the Beyazıt State Library, focusing on their extent, script type, dimensions, number of lines per page, information concerning their copyists, and state of preservation. The differences between the principal manuscript used for the critical edition and the Copyright: © 2026 by the authors. other surviving copies are examined, including omissions of certain sections and Submitted for open access publication variations in the transmission of the text. In addition, the sources consulted by under the terms and conditions of the al-Sighnaqi in composing his commentary are identified, and the position of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC work within the Hanafi-Maturidi theological tradition is discussed. The findings BY) license provide a basis for further source-critical study of al-Tasdid as an important (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ manuscript source for the history of Maturidi scholarly heritage. by/4.0/)References
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