:Al-Suhayli

{{Short description|Moroccan writer}}

{{Infobox religious biography

| name = Al-Suhayli

| image = Marrakech,SidiSouheili.jpg

| caption = The Mausoleum of al-Suhayli in Marrakesh

| 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

| influences =

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Abu al-Qasim (and Abu Zayd) Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Suhayli ({{Langx|ar|أبو القاسم السُّهَيْلي}}) (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

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  • {{cite book |last=As-Suhayli |first=A. |year=1997 |title=ar-Raud al-Unuf Fi at-Tafsir as-Sirah}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Arias |first=J. P. |title=De los nombres propios, según al-Suhayli (m. 518/1185-6) |trans-title=About proper names, according to al-Suhayli (m. 518/1185-6) |language=es |journal=Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos |issn=0544-408X |date=1996 |volume=45 |pages=25–34}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Arias |first=J. P. |title=Ideas sobre la sinonimia en dos sabios andalusies del siglo VI/XII: al-Suhayli y al-Sarisi |trans-title=Reflections about synonymy through the work by two Andalusian scholars in 6/12th centuries: al-Suhaylī and al-Šarīšī |journal=Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos |issn=0544-408X |date=1995 |volume=44 |pages=7–24 |language=es}}
  • {{cite book |last=Baalbaki |first=R |date=1999 |title=Expanding the 'amil ma'nawi: Suhayli's innovative approach to the theory of regimen}}
  • {{cite book |first=H. |last=de Castries |title=Les sept saints de Marrakech |date=1997 |language=fr}}
  • {{cite book |first=Mustafa |last=Kılıçlı |title=Abu'l-Qâsim Abdurrahmân as-Suhayli: His Life & Works |place=Erzurum |date=1990}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Kasher |first=A. |date=2016 |title=Iconicity in Arabic Grammatical Tradition: al-Suhaylī on the Correspondence between Form and Meaning |journal=Romano-Arabica |volume=16 |pages=201–224}}

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