The position of İbn 'Akil and his work titled as Şerhu İbn 'akil

This study is the introduction of İbn 'Akîl's Şerhu İbn 'Akîl, a work he wrote on İbn Mâlik's Elfiyye, which Ibn Akil commented on. Ibn 'Akîl was a scholar who lived in the 14th century AD and studied fiqh, hermeneutics, kalam, logic and qiraat. He was especially consulted in the sciences of fiqh and nahw (syntax). Ibn 'Akîl made great contributions to the field of syntax (nahw) with his work Şerhu Ibn 'Akîl, and even today, this work is one of the references used in the teaching of Arabic language. This study consists of an introduction and three chapters. In the introduction, information about the purpose of the study, subject and the period in which Ibn 'Akîl lived in given. In the first chapter, İbn 'Akîl's lineage, his life, his academic life, his teachers and students and his works in the field of Syntax (Nahw) are discussed. In the second chapter, the method followed in Şerhu İbn 'Akîl and the evidence İbn 'Akîl relied on while determining the rules for syntax (nahw) rules are given. In the third chapter, Ibn 'Akîl's views on nahw (syntax), the schools of Basra ve Kûfa, Ibn 'Akîl's relationship with those schools, the scholars that İbn 'Akîl benefited from in Şerhu İbn 'Akîl are given and finally, Şerhu İbn 'Akîl and a few of commentaries on Elfiyye written by Ibn Malik are compared. Key Words: İbn 'Akîl, Şerhu İbn 'Akîl, İmam Mâlik, Basra, Kûfa, Nahw(Syntax).