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Abū al-Qāsim az-Zamaḫšarī’s (1075–1144) grammatical treatise Al-Mufaṣṣal fī ṣan‘at al-i‘rāb is one of the main and most acknowledged philological masterpieces of the classical Arabic. The aim of this article is to shed some light on its origin, cultural and philological background, main goals and assumptions of the author, its position in the history of studies on Arabic grammar, hitherto prevailing research output of European orientalist dealing with Al-Mufaṣṣal. It also comprises a short presentation of the figure of Az-Zamaḫšarī himself. The article quotes references to Arabic, English, German, Russian and Polish source literature. Maciej Klimiuk |
