Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi

أبو إسحاق الثعلبي

Draft card for Abu Ishaq Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tha'labi of Nishapur, the eleventh-century exegete author of al-Kashf wa-l-Bayan and the Qisas al-Anbiya known as Ara'is al-Majalis, d. 1035; the biographical entry is not yet checked on the page.

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Roles
Scholar · writer
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Scripture and its sciences

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People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.
Related

The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.