| 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 |
| Notable works | al-Rawd al-Unuf |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
Al-Suhayli[a] (1114 – 1185) was an Islamic scholar and theologian who wrote the book al-Rawd al-Unuf, a commentary on the al-Sira al-Nabawiyya of Ibn Hisham. Al-Suhayli is one of the Seven Saints of Marrakesh.
Biography and works
Al-Suhayli was born in 1114 in Al-Andalus, Fuengirola. He died in 1185 in Marrakesh.
- 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
Notes
- ^ Arabic: أبو القاسم عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله السهيلي, ʾAbu al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Suhaylī
References
- As-Suhayli, A. (1997). ar-Raud al-Unuf Fi at-Tafsir as-Sirah
- Arias, J. P. (1996). "De los nombres propios, según al-Suhayli (m. 518/1185-6)" [About proper names, according to al-Suhayli (m. 518/1185-6)] (in Spanish). Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos. 45: 25–34. ISSN 0544-408X
- Arias, J. P. (1995). "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] (in Spanish). Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos. 44: 7–24. ISSN 0544-408X
- Baalbaki, R (1999). Expanding the 'amil ma'nawi: Suhayli's innovative approach to the theory of regimen
- de Castries, H. (1997). Les sept saints de Marrakech (in French)
- Kılıçlı, Mustafa (1990). Abu'l-Qâsim Abdurrahmân as-Suhayli: His Life & Works. Erzurum.
- Kasher, A. (2016). "Iconicity in Arabic Grammatical Tradition: al-Suhaylī on the Correspondence between Form and Meaning". Romano-Arabica. 16: 201–224.