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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.

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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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