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classical Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Arab polymath, teacher of Sibawaih, and inventor of Arabic prosody (ilm al-arud). Compiled Kitab al-Ayn, the first com...

classical Sibawaih

Persian grammarian known as the father of Arabic grammar. His monumental work al-Kitab is the first comprehe...

classical Al-Mubarrad

...and author of al-Kamil fil-Lughah wal-Adab, a major work on Arabic language and literature. He was the chief rival of the Kufa...

classical Ibn Qutaybah

A polymath and leading authority on Arabic literature, Quranic sciences, and hadith interpretation. Hi...

classical al-Zamakhshari

...ashshaf, a tafsir renowned for its unparalleled analysis of Arabic rhetoric and grammar.

medieval Ibn Jinni

... Ali al-Farisi. Author of al-Khasa'is, a pioneering work on Arabic morphology and general linguistics that explored the philos...

medieval Abu al-Qasim az-Zamakhshari

...a Quran commentary celebrated for its masterful analysis of Arabic rhetoric and grammar. Despite his Mu'tazili theological lea...

medieval Al-Qadi al-Fadil

...ecretary of state under Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi. A master of Arabic prose and a brilliant administrator who managed the Ayyubid...

medieval Abu al-Baqa al-Ukbari

...is of the Quran, and al-Lubab fi Ilal al-Bina' wal-I'rab on Arabic syntax and morphology.

medieval Ibn Malik

... (the Thousand-Line Poem), the most famous didactic poem on Arabic grammar. It has been memorized, studied, and commented upon...

medieval Ar-Radiyy al-Astarabadhi

...e considered among the most precise and analytical works in Arabic grammar.

medieval Ibn Hisham an-Nahwi

...an-Nada and Mughni al-Labib, two of the most widely studied Arabic grammar texts. Ibn Khaldun considered him the greatest gram...

ottoman Zakariyya al-Ansari

...ed commentaries on major works of tafsir, hadith, fiqh, and Arabic grammar that became standard seminary texts.

modern Siddiq Hasan Khan

...l through marriage). A prolific author of over 200 works in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, and a leading figure in the Ahl al-Hadi...

ottoman az-Zabidi

... who settled in Cairo, author of 'Taj al-Arus,' the largest Arabic dictionary, and 'Ithaf as-Sadah,' a commentary on al-Ghazal...

medieval Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi

... of 'al-Bahr al-Muhit,' a major Quran commentary focused on Arabic grammar.

medieval at-Taftazani

...id an-Nasafiyyah' on Maturidi theology and 'al-Mutawwal' on Arabic rhetoric.

medieval al-Fayruzabadi

...ne of the most famous and comprehensive dictionaries of the Arabic language.

medieval Ibn Manzur

...l-Arab,' the most comprehensive classical dictionary of the Arabic language.

classical Ibn Aqil al-Hanbali

... of 'al-Funun,' reportedly the largest book ever written in Arabic.

tabii Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali

A Tabieen scholar of Basra credited with developing Arabic grammatical analysis (nahw) under the guidance of Ali ibn A...

medieval Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

...fied the Umayyad state after the Second Fitna, standardized Arabic as the administrative language, minted the first Islamic co...

modern Nawawi al-Jawi

...sian-Meccan Shafi'i scholar, author of numerous widely-read Arabic works on fiqh, tafsir, and hadith.

classical al-Farra'

The greatest Arabic grammarian of the Kufa school, author of Ma'ani al-Quran, a...

tabi al-Kisa'i al-Kufi

...reciters; also the leading grammarian of the Kufi school of Arabic linguistics.

late-classical al-Taftazani

...rote authoritative commentaries on kalam, usul al-fiqh, and Arabic rhetoric.

classical al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Founder of Arabic prosody and compiler of al-'Ayn, the first Arabic dictionar...

classical Sibawayhi

Author of al-Kitab, the foundational work of Arabic grammar; student of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad; considered 'the Im...

classical al-Azhari (linguist)

Major Arabic lexicographer; author of Tahdhib al-Lughah, an 15-volume di...

classical al-Hariri of Basra

Arabic literary genius; author of the Maqamat al-Hariri, one of th...

classical Tha'lab

...cal school; teacher of al-Hariri's teachers and a legendary Arabic lexicographer.

classical al-Farabi

...her' (after Aristotle); systematized Aristotelian logic for Arabic-speaking world and integrated it with Islamic political tho...

classical al-Jahiz

The greatest prose stylist of classical Arabic; polymath who wrote on theology, zoology, rhetoric, and soc...

classical al-Mutanabbi

The greatest poet in the Arabic language; his panegyric and philosophical verse represents ...

classical Abu Tammam

... compiler of al-Hamasa, an important anthology of classical Arabic poetry.

classical Abu 'Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam

A leading early scholar of Arabic linguistics, hadith, and Quranic studies. His Gharib al-Had...

classical al-Jawhari

Author of al-Sihah, the most widely used classical Arabic dictionary for 500 years. His lexicographic work defined th...

medieval Ibn Atiyya al-Andalusi

...ki scholar whose al-Muharrar al-Wajiz is the most scholarly Arabic-language Quranic commentary of al-Andalus.

contemporary Abu al-Hasan al-Nadwi

Indian Islamic scholar whose 'What Has the World Lost due to the Decline of Muslims?' is one of the most widely read Islamic books globally.

contemporary Khalid Muhammad Khalid

A prominent Egyptian Islamic author (1920-1996 CE) known for his popular biographies of the Companions of the Prophet, particularly Men Around the Messenger (Ri

tabii Yahya ibn Ya'mur

A Basran scholar who became a leading scholar of Arabic grammar and Quran recitation in Khorasan, student of Abu al...

tabii Qatadah ibn Di'amah al-Sadusi

...ry memory and was a leading authority in Quranic tafsir and Arabic philology.

tabii Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-A'raj

Medinan Tabi'i scholar, mawla of the Hashimites, principal transmitter of Abu Hurayra's hadith and key teacher of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri.

tabii Ubaydallah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utba

... ibn Abd al-Aziz, who combined mastery of hadith, fiqh, and Arabic poetry.