Searchable Online Version Al-Zamakhsharī, Asās al-Balāgha أساس البلاغة للزمخشري

Al-Zamakhsharī (d. 1143 CE / 538 AH) was one of the greatest scholars of the Islamic world in his time, in the sciences of hadith, interpretation of the Quran, Arabic linguistics and Arabic literary expression. His Asās al-Balāgha is a dictionary and phrasebook concerned with balāgha, the art of using the Arabic language in an eloquent and expressive manner as found in the Quran and the best Arabic poetry.