AL-TAKMILA WA-SHARḤ AL-ABYĀT AL-MUSHKILA MIN DĪWĀN ABĪ L-ṬAYYIB AL-MUTANABBĪ BY ABŪ ʿALĪ AL-ṢIQILLĪ AL-MAGHRIBĪ: LEXICAL REMARKS

This paper is the prosecution of my research on the Arab linguistic and lexical commentaries of the Dīwān by al-Mutanabbī, compiled in Islamic Sicily and al-Andalus. The first part of the article presents the Takmila wa-sharḥ al-abyāt al-mushkila min Dīwān Abī l-Ṭayyib al-Mutanabbī, attributed to Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣiqillī al-Maghribī (d. 512/1121). In the Takmila, Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣiqillī al-Maghribī focuses on the explanation of the gharīb terms contained in al-Mutanabbī’s Dīwān. The Takmila and its author have been neglected until now by scholars (except for Abū Suwaylim 1985 and al-ʿIzām 1997) and the only Arab grammarian who mentioned Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣiqillī al-Maghribī in his works is the Andalusi al-Iflīlī (d. 441/1050). In the second part of my paper, some selected gharīb words contained in the Takmila are analyzed in comparison with their definitions in the mubawwab and mujannas lexica and in some dictionaries focused on gharīb and nawādir. In addition to this, the commentaries of some authoritative Arab Grammarians, such as Ibn Jinnī, Abū l-ʿAlā՚ al-Maʿarrī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Iflīlī, Ibn al-Qaṭṭāʿ al-Ṣiqillī and al-ʿUkbarī, have been consulted. The aim is twofold: first of all, to draw attention to the Takmila and its author too as a representative of the Arab Linguistic Thought and the debate on the notion of gharīb. Secondly, to try to verify whether Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣiqillī al-Maghribī had a real influence on the diffusion and circulation of Mutanabbī’s Dīwān and its linguistic commentaries in Sicily and in al-Andalus too.