al-Wahidi

الواحدي

c. 1075 CE · Jumada I 468 AH

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi, d. AH 468 — the mufassir whose Asbab al-Nuzul is 'the most famous composed in the genre' 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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97510001025105010751100112511501175 c. c. c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

Overview

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi, a Qur'an commentator, who died in 468 AH. His book "Asbab al-Nuzul" (Asbab al-Nuzul) is, in Haji Khalifa's account, the most famous of what has been composed on that subject, and Burhan al-Din Ibrahim ibn Umar al-Ju'bari abridged it. 2

The conversion of the year of death to the Gregorian calendar is derived (about 1075 CE).

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Asbab al-Nuzul

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Asbab al-Nuzul

Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 381
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.381
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Asbab al-Nuzul

Al-Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul — 'the most famous work composed on the occasions of revelation'; the genre began with Ali ibn al-Madini, with later versions by Ibn al-Jawzi, Ibn Hajar and al-Suyuti.