Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi
Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi | |
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أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Mid 10th century |
| Died | 427 AH (1035/1036CE) |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Region | Khorasan |
| Notable work(s) | Tafsir al-Tha'labi Qisas al-Anbiya |
| Occupation | Scholar, Mufassir, Traditionist, Qur'anic reciter, Linguist, Philologist, Historian, Litterateur |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Abū Isḥāḳ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nīsābūrī al-Thaʿlabī أبو اسحاق أحمد بن محمد بن ابراهيم الثعلبي; died November 1035), who was simply known as Al-Tha'labi (Arabic: الثعلبي), was an eleventh-century Sunni Muslim scholar of Persian origin. Al-Tha'labi was considered a leading Quranic exegete of the fifth/eleventh century who famously authored the classical exegesis Tafsir al-Tha'labi, and his Ara'is al-Majalis is perhaps the best and most frequently consulted example of the Islamic qisas al-anbiya genre. He was an expert Quranic reciter and reader (muqriʾ), traditionist, linguist, philologist, preacher, historian, litterateur, and theologian.