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Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi

Islamic Scholars, Jurists & Sufi Teachers

Abu Ishaq Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Nisaburi al-Thalabi, known simply as al-Thalabi, died in November 1035 and was an eleventh century Sunni Muslim scholar of Persian origin considered a leading Quranic exegete of his era. He authored the classical exegesis Tafsir al-Thalabi and Araais al-Majalis, regarded as one of the best and most frequently consulted works in the Islamic qisas al-anbiya genre of prophet stories, and he was also known as an expert Quranic reciter, traditionist, linguist, philologist, preacher, historian, litterateur and theologian. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Iran 1
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Officially Recognized or Venerated 2
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Historically attested 1
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Islam 2
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Male 2
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Source Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi (Wikipedia)

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1. Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction identifying it as simply known as Al-Tha'labi (Arabic: الثعلبي)
    Abū Isḥāq 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.
  • Lead, first sentence
    Abū Isḥāq 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.
  • Lead
    Abū Isḥāq 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
  • Entity description, nationality statement
    was an eleventh century Sunni Muslim scholar of Persian origin considered a leading Quranic exegete
  • Belongs to Tradition: Islam, Lead section
    was simply known as Al-Tha'labi (Arabic: الثعلبي), was an eleventh-century Sunni Muslim scholar of Persian origin.
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2. Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi, Structured Record (Wikidata Q3015226)
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