Preface List of Figures and Tables Introduction 1 Interdisciplinary Arabic Philosophy of Language: Islamic Legal Hermeneutics ( uul al-fiqh ), Grammar ( naw ), and Avicennian Logic ( maniq ) 2 The Tripartition of Signification into Congruence ( muabaqa ), Containment ( taammun ), and Implication ( iltizam ): Introduction and State of the Research1 Starting Point of the Study of Far ad-din ar-Razi's al-Maul fi ilm uul al-fiqh 1 Introduction to the Work and Its Structure 2 Topics and Structure of the Chapter on Language 3 The Chapter The Classification of Linguistic Expressions2 Analysis of the Introduction of the First Part [ad §§1-5] and the Logical Sub-Classification [§§6-11] 1 An Introduction to the Logic of the Avicennian Madal Genre in the Maul 2 The Historical Background of the Tripartition of Signification 3 The Tripartition of Signification in Far ad-din ar-Razi [ad §§1-4] 4 Summary: The Development, Establishment, and Generalization of the Classification of Signification3 The Grammatical-Theoretical and Logical and Legal-Theoretical Sub-Classifications [ad §§12-23] 1 The Logical Sub-Classification as a Template for the Grammatical Sub-Classification [ad §§12-14] 2 Analysis of the Logical and Legal-Theoretical Sub-Classification [ad §§15-22] and the Sub-Classification of the Sentence [ad §23]4 Analysis of Implication in Legal Theory and the Further Development of the Tripartition in uul al-fiqh 1 Analysis of the Legal-Theoretical Sub-Classification [ad §25] 2 The Adaptation and Further Development of the Tripartition of Signification in Post-Razian uul al-fiqh Works 3 Summary Summary and Outlook: Far ad-din's Interdisciplinary Hermeneutical Toolkit Bibliography Index of Names Subject Index Index of Quranic Citations.