A Revaluation of an Old Hadith Exegesis

Abu Layth Samarqandi, of the great scholars of the fourth century A.H., has written Bahr al-Ulum, exegesis of the holy Quran. The most part of his book is dedicated to literature, words, and especially utilizing hadith reports and sayings in interpreting the verses. There is a trace of rational interpretation especially in the positions in which the interpreter express his religious, fiqhi (jurisprudential) and theological inspirations. The author of Bahr al-Ulum also deals with the Quranic sciences not in a separate chapter but along with the interpretations of the verses.