Al-Suhayli Explained
| Al-Suhayli |
| Birth Name: | Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Suhayli |
| Birth Date: | 1114 |
| Birth Place: | Fuengirola, Al-Andalus (present-day Spain) |
| Death Date: | 1185 |
| Death Place: | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Religion: | Islam |
| Occupation: | Scholar, Writer, Commentator |
| Notable Works: | al-Rawd al-unuf fi sharh al-sira al-Nabawiyya li-Ibn Hisham |
Abu al-Qasim (and Abu Zayd) Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Suhayli (1114 - 1185), was born in Al-Andalus, Fuengirola (formerly called Suhayl) and died in Marrakesh. He is one of the seven saints of that city. Al-Suhayli wrote books on grammar and Islamic law. He wrote a commentary on the sira of Ibn Hisham.
Works
- al-Rawḍ al-unuf fī šarḥ al-sīra al-Nabawiyya li-Ibn Hišām. wa-maʿahu al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya (7 volumes), 1967
- al-Taʿrīf wa-al-iʿlām li-mā ubhima min al-Qurʾān min al-asmāʾ wa-al-aʿlām, Bayrut, 1987
- Translation in German: Die Kommentare des Suhailī und des Abū Ḍarr zu den Uḥud-Gedichten in der Sīra des Ibn Hišam, Schaade, Arthur 1908
See also
References
- Book: As-Suhayli, A. . 1997 . ar-Raud al-Unuf Fi at-Tafsir as-Sirah.
- Arias . J. P. . De los nombres propios, según al-Suhayli (m. 518/1185-6) . About proper names, according to al-Suhayli (m. 518/1185-6) . es . Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos . 0544-408X . 1996 . 45 . 25–34.
- Arias . J. P. . Ideas sobre la sinonimia en dos sabios andalusies del siglo VI/XII: al-Suhayli y al-Sarisi . Reflections about synonymy through the work by two Andalusian scholars in 6/12th centuries: al-Suhaylī and al-Šarīšī . Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos . 0544-408X . 1995 . 44 . 7–24 . es.
- Book: Baalbaki, R . 1999 . Expanding the 'amil ma'nawi: Suhayli's innovative approach to the theory of regimen.
- Book: de Castries, H. . Les sept saints de Marrakech . 1997 . fr.
- Book: Kılıçlı, Mustafa . Abu'l-Qâsim Abdurrahmân as-Suhayli: His Life & Works . Erzurum . 1990.
- Kasher . A. . 2016 . Iconicity in Arabic Grammatical Tradition: al-Suhaylī on the Correspondence between Form and Meaning . Romano-Arabica . 16 . 201–224.
