Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

Abū al-Qāsim ibn Firruh ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad al-Ruʿaynī al-Shāṭibī (أبو القاسم بن فره بن خلف بن أحمد الرعيني الشاطبي), 538–590 AH / 1144–1194 CE, was an Islamic scholar from Xàtiva (then in الشرق الاندلس or ax-Xarq al-Andalus; modern day País Valencià, Spain) who worked in the field of, Qur'an recitation methods.

Life and works
Al-Shatibi was born in 538 AH in al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia). He moved to Egypt in 574 AH where he died on 22 Jumada al-Thani 590 AH. He authored Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī, commonly known as Matn al-Shāṭibīyah. The Pakistani scholar Fateh Muhammad Panipati wrote a commentary on it entitled Inayate Rahmani. His other books include:
 * Aqīlat atrāb al-qaṣāʼid fī asná al-maqāṣid
 * Nāzimatuz-zuhr
 * Qasīdah Dāliyah