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Al-Suyuti
Cairo, Egypt
Archival Overview
Prodigious Egyptian scholar, polymath, jurist, and historian whose encyclopedic bibliography of over six hundred books spanned Quranic exegesis, Hadith, Arabic philology, medicine, and history, standing as the supreme intellectual summarizer of classical Islam.
Biographical Record
A child prodigy who memorized the Quran at age eight, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti studied under the greatest scholars of Cairo and traveled to Mecca, Damascus, and North Africa. In 1486, he completed the second half of the renowned Tafsir al-Jalalayn, the most widely read Quranic commentary in history.
Retiring to his island home on the Nile at Rawda, he devoted decades to writing masterworks such as Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran and History of the Caliphs, demonstrating unprecedented command over Arabic literature and legal scholarship.
Key Life Milestones
Completion of Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Finalized the renowned Quranic commentary initiated by his teacher Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli, creating a universal classic.
Completion of Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Finalized the renowned Quranic commentary initiated by his teacher Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli, creating a universal classic.
Completion of Tafsir al-Jalalayn
Finalized the renowned Quranic commentary initiated by his teacher Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli, creating a universal classic.
Publication of Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran
Authored the definitive masterwork on the sciences and textual hermeneutics of the Quran.
Publication of Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran
Authored the definitive masterwork on the sciences and textual hermeneutics of the Quran.
Publication of Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran
Authored the definitive masterwork on the sciences and textual hermeneutics of the Quran.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialCairo, Egypt