Imam al-Māturīdī kao klasični komentator Kur’ana
Imam al-Māturīdī as a Classical Commentator of the Qur’an

Summary/Abstract: Tafsir (tafsīr; commentary on the Qur’an) by Imam al-Māturīdī (in 333/944) from Semerkand (Transoxania region; Mā warāʼ al-nahr, present-day Uzbekistan) – who is honored with nicknames such as Imām al-Hudā (the leader of the God’s Word), Qudwa ahl al-Sunna wa al-ihtidā’ (a role model for those who follow the Sunnah and God’s Word), Imām al-mutakallimīn (leader of the mutekellimūn, the scholars of the Aqeedah) and Muṣaḥḥiḥ’ aqā’id al-Muslimīn (corrector of Muslim beliefs) – about which almost nothing is known, is yet to be presented and studied in the Bosnian language. Hence, this text is only an introductory presentation of Imam al-Māturīdī as a classical commentator of the Qur’an. The justification for such ignorance in our country, but also in the Muslim world in general, lies partly in the fact that until 2005 al-Māturidī’s tafsir magnum opus, Taʼwīlāt ahl al-Sunna or Taʼwīlāt al-Qurʼān, was not printed in its entirety. Now, even that partial justification has been annulled. This text deals with the following problematic issues: 1) a review of previous studies on al-Māturīdī’s Taʼwīlāt; 2) the titles of al-Māturīdī’s tafsir; 3) Imam al-Māturīdī and his place in the history of tafsir, and 4) the tafsir methodology of Imam al-Māturīdī. Elucidating these problematic issues should give us a closer picture of Imam al-Māturidī as a classical commentator of the Qur’an.

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