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[19] Hitti, Op. Cit., pp. 90-91.

[20] Ibid.

[21] Cheyne. Op. Cit.. pp. 56 ff

[22] A number of excellent works were devoted entirely to this aspect of tne Qur'an, e.g., al-Suyiti, al Itqan, and al-Baqillani, I'jaz al-Qur'an, Beirut, 1979.

[23] Abu Ja far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, Tafsir al-Qur'an.

[24] Mahmud b. Umar al-Zamakhashari (d. 1143).

[25] Nasr al-Din al-Baidawi (d. 1286)

[26] Al Baqillan, Op. Cit.. pp 45 ff

[27] Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Kitab al-Fawai'id al-mushawwig ila •ulum al-Qur'an wa'ilm al-bayan, Cairo, 1909, pp. 7, 246.

[28] Ibn Khaldun, Op. Cit., vol. 3, 338