Since ilm (knowledge) has been one of the primary focuses of Islamic civilization, books, one of the transmission media of ilm, have drawn much attention. While transferring knowledge into books, not only prose form but also verse form has been used.
Today's scholars are doing research on how to get young generation to like ilm and how to avoid making them bored while they are studying difficult and uninteresting books in the first stages of their education life. Fortunately, through computer technology, books have recently become interactive and subjects of courses are being taught with video and animations.
Centuries ago, Islamic scholars produced different mediums to the extent that they could do so as to increase the curiosity of the new learners and to enable them to learn with fun. One of these mediums is the riddle. Arabic word “Algaz” is a plural form of lugz (lam gayn za) and means riddles.
The titles of some riddle books on different topics are given below:
Nahw (Syntax)
al-Azharî, al-Alğazu al-Nahwiyya fî Ilm al-Arabiyya
Suyutî, al-Tirâz fi al-Alğâz
Zamahsharî, al-Muhâjât bi al-Masâil al-Nahwiyya
Abu al-Ma'âlî al-Varrâk, al-İcâz fi al-Ahâcî wa al-Alğaz
Abu al-Kâsım al-Harîrî, Alğâzu al-Harîrî wa Ahâcîhî fi Mâkâmâtihî
Ibn Hisham, al-Alğâzu al-Nahwiyya
Fiqh (Islamic Law)
Abdalaziz al-Jîlî, al-İcâz fi al-Alğâz
Ibn Fârid al-Hamawî, al-Alğâz
Ibn Farhûn, Durretu al-Ğavâs fi Muhadarat al-Havâs
al-Jarrâ'î, Hilyatu al-Tirâz fi Halli Masâil al-Alğâz
Sadruddin İbnu al-İzz al-Hanafî, al-Tazhîb li Zihni al-Labîb
Ibnu al-Shihna (d. 890/1485), al-Zahairu al-Ashrafiyya fi al-Alğaz al-Hanafiyya. It was published.
Ibn Ğalbûnn, al-Tuhfa fî İlmi al-Mawârîs
Karaçelebizâde Abdülazîz Efendi (d. 1068/1658), Kitâb al-Algaz fî Fiqh al-Hanafiyya. He was the 33th grand mufti of the Ottoman Empire. I could not access the manuscript form of this book.
Mehmed Zihni Efendi (d. 1332/1913), Algâz-i Fiqhiyya. Zihni Efendi has knowledge on literature and fiqh. His book titled Nimet-i Islam is well-known catechism. Even today it is among the books which are frequently referred in Turkey. Algaz-i Fiqhiyya was written in Ottoman-Turkish language in the form of translation-sharh (commentary). Even though Algaz-i Fiqhiyya is dedicated to fiqh, it contains riddles related to arithmetic and intelligence. The book is based on algaz section of Hanafi faqih Ibn Nucaym's Ashbah. Algaz-i Fiqhiyya also was published in modern Turkish with unnecessary simplifications.
Qiraat (Quran reading)
Shamsaddin b. Muhammad al-Jazarî, Alğâz al-Jazarî or al-Aqdu al-Samîn fi Alğâz al-Qur’ân al-Mubîn
Alaaddin b. Nasır al-Trablûsî, Alğâz al-Alâiyye
Omar al-Askâtî, Kitabu Ajwibah al-Masâil fî Ilm al-Qiraât
Hasab (Arithmetic)
Musa al-Harizmî, Kitâb al-Mukhtasar fî Hisab al-Jabr wa al-Mukâbala
Abû Abdillah b. Gâzî al-Miknâsî, Buğyet al-Tullâb fî Sharh Munyat al-Hisâb
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