The relationship to meaning in the commentary of al-Hidāya ilā Bulūgh al-Nihāya of Makkī İbn Abū Ṭāleb

It is an indisputable fact that the differences in recitation have an important place in understanding and interpreting the Qur'ān. Differences in recitation in terms of affecting the meaning are related to the way the words of the Qur'ān are read, as well as the changes in the shape of the words that make up the verses (with the differences in reading that occur in the movements of the words, changes in the skeleton of the word), these differences will directly affect the meaning of the verse. Therefore, recitations should be among the most basic Qur'ānic knowledge for a commentator. In the light of this information, many scholars who wrote tafsīr mentioned the relationship between qiraat and meaning in their works and explained the effect of qiraats on understanding by giving examples. In this context, it has been seen that the tafsīr of Abū Moḥammad Makkī 'Ibn Abū Ṭāleb (d. 437/1045), who is the subject of our study, and who is considered a pioneer in the sciences of recitation and tafsīr, The tafsīr al-Hidāya 'ilā Bulūgh al-Nihāya the differences in recitation that affect the meaning. Although studies have been done on many of Makkī's works, we have not been able to find a study that examines the commentary in terms of the relation between recitation and meaning. For this reason, we aimed to examine the related work in an academic style in terms of the relation between recitation and meaning. In this thesis, the life of the author, information about the science of recitation, and the different recitations that appear in the content of the work and are thought to affect the meaning, are examined and explained in terms of their effects on the meaning. In the content of this work, which is a narration commentary, there are examples from tafsīr, hadith, companion words, syntax, lukat rules, sound recitations and shad recitations. In our study, different recitations that Makkī gave examples and commented on were determined by scanning his work from beginning to end. The different recitations in the determined verses have been examined and it has been revealed whether they have an effect on understanding. While examining the different readings, it was limited to the sound recitations that affect the meaning, and the recitations that are accepted as saz are not included. In our study, different recitations that Makkī gave examples and commented on were determined by scanning his work from beginning to end. The different recitations in the determined verses have been examined and it has been revealed whether they have an effect on understanding. While examining the different readings, it was limited to the sound recitations that affect the meaning, and the recitations that are accepted as saz are not included. When Makkī's work is examined, it has been concluded that many qira'ats are not handled in this context, and very few qira'ats are evaluated in terms of their effect on understanding. At the same time, it was determined that the author did not refer to all the differences in recitation, which is said to affect the meaning in some other sources, from this aspect. As a result of the examination, it has been seen that some recitations that affect the meaning have been instrumental in the extraction of different provisions, and some of them have caused different interpretations and a different meaning richness in tafsîr. Finally, our study is completed with the conclusion part.