Imam al-Māturīdī's Criticism Against al-Mu'tazila in Taʾwīlāt al-Qurʾān, author Esat Sabır-lı (Istanbul: Insan Publications. 1. Edition, 2021), 406 page, ISBN 9786057406620.

Abstract

The book titled "İmam al-Māturīdī's Criticism Against al-Mu'tazila in Taʾvīlāt al-Qurʾan" is a partial addition to the doctoral thesis titled "The Critique of Mu'tazila Discourse in Imam al-Māturīdī's Taʾvīlāt al-Qurʾan Exegesis" completed by Sabırlı in 2021. It is a book form with subtraction and editing. Pointing to the important position of the sectarian debates and the culture of criticism in the tafsir literature in the preface, Sabırlı aimed to examine al-Māturīdī's criticisms of Mu'tazila in the context of understanding and interpretation of the Qur'an, thus revealing the separation ground between the tafsir paradigms of al-Māturīdī and Mu'tazila discourse. . The study also aimed to determine the projections of the Ahl al-Sunnah-al-Mu'tazila division in tafsir. Another aim of the research is to shed light on the traces of the evolution of content in the tafsir works, in particular with al-Māturīdī' and Mu'tazilite interpretations. Because the fact that al-Māturīdī' and Mu'tazilî scholars included a very intense level of theological content in their works played an important role in the process of transferring theological issues to tafsir books and interpreting these issues. At the same time, Sabırlı wishes to test whether the discourses that position al-Māturīdī on the basis of rationality at a higher level than Mu'tazila correspond to a genuine reality. In terms of the content of the work, it will contribute to the researchers of tafsir who are interested in the "relationship of theology", "the sectarian commentary" and "the tradition of criticism in tafsir". The method followed in the work contains remarkable points in terms of how people who will conduct research on the early period can follow. The language of the work, which is far from judgmental and humiliating attitudes, also provides examples that will help to overcome the difficulty of exhibiting a scientific style in comparative studies. It is not possible for a reader to answer the question of what