Abul-Qasim al-Hussein bin Mufaddal bin Muhammad, better known as Raghib Isfahani (Persian: ابوالقاسم حسین ابن محمّد الراغب الاصفهانی), was an eleventh-century Muslim scholar of Qur'anic exegesis and the Arabic language.[2][3]
Abul-Qasim al-Hussein bin Mufaddal bin Muhammad | |
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| Died | AH 502 (1108/1109)[2] |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Medieval era |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate scholar |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Creed | Ash'ari[1] |
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Al-Raghib Al-Isfahani - meaning "the Isfahanian monk" - was born in Isfahan as his name suggests, though his exact date of birth is not known.[4]
He died in the Hijri year 502, corresponding to 1108 on the Gregorian calendar.[4][5][6]
Al-Isfahani's theological stance seems to have been close to that of the Ash'ari school. In one of his works entitled al-I'tiqadat, Al-Isfahani attacks both the Mu'tazila and the Shi'a showing that questions about his adherence to either of these positions is groundless.[1]
Al-Isfahani was opposed to the emanationism of the Brethren of Purity, preferring creationism instead.[7] The concept of justice, according to al-Isfahani's definition, is "equal retaliation" for wrongdoing.[8]
His work covered topics ranging from ethics to linguistics to Muslim philosophy.[9] One of his most famous works was Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran.
As a man of letters, al-Isfahani was also well-versed in Arabic literature. His literary anthology, which was carefully organized by topic, carried much weight and respect in intellectual circles.[10][11] He was also noted as an early Muslim writer on the topic of blending religious and philosophical ethics.[12]
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Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, an Arab scholar, a member of the tribe of the Quraysh
Abu-l-Fath Mahmud ibn Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Fadl al-Isfahani, a 10th-century Persian mathematician
Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, an Islamic scholar
Ghiyath al-Din 'Ali ibn Amirin al-Husayni al-Isfahani, a 15th-century Persian physician and scientist from Isfahan
Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, a 12th-century historian
Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Isfahani, a 19th-century Persian physician from Isfahan
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Born in a village in the Nile Delta, al-Qalqashandi was scribe of the scroll (katib al-darj) in the Mamluk chancery in Cairo. He is the author of Subh al-a 'sha, completed in fourteen volumes in 1412, "one of the final expressions of the genre of Arabic administrative literature".The Subh al-a 'sha included a section on cryptology. This information was attributed to Ibn al-Durayhim who lived from 1312 to 1361, but whose writings on cryptology have been lost. The list of ciphers in this work included both substitution and transposition, and for the first time, a cipher with multiple substitutions for each plaintext letter. Also traced to Ibn al-Durayhim is an exposition on and worked example of cryptanalysis, including the use of tables of letter frequencies and sets of letters which can not occur together in one word.
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Fadl Ashsha'iraFaḍl al-Shāʻirah (Arabic: فضل الشاعرة "Faḍl the Poet", d. 871) was one of "three early ʻAbbasid singing girls ... particularly famous for their poetry" and is one of the pre-eminent medieval Arabic female poets whose work survives.
Ibn Abi HasinaAbu'l Fatḥ al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn al-Ḥaṣīna al-Sulamī, better known as Ibn Abī Ḥaṣīna (also spelled Ibn Abī Ḥuṣayna; 998–22 July 1065), was an 11th-century Arab poet, who specialized in panegyrics. He benefited from the patronage of the Mirdasid dynasty, whose emirs (princes) he frequently praised in his poetry. His works were published as Diwan Ibn Abi Hasina in 1956.
Ibn BaqiIbn Baqi or Abu Bakr Yahya Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Baqi (died 1145 or 1150) was an Arab poet from Córdoba or Toledo in al-Andalus. Baqi is one of the best-known strophic poets and songwriters of Al-Andalus. He moved between Morocco and Al-Andalus and wrote several poems honoring members of a Moroccan family, the Banu Asara, qadis of Salé. He is especially famous for his muwashshahat.
In the anthology of Al-Maqqari we find a considerable number of his poems.
Ibn ZamrakIbn Zamrak (also Zumruk) or Abu Abduallah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Surayhi, (1333–1393) was an Arab Andalusian poet and statesman from Granada, Al-Andalus. Some his poems still decorate the fountains and palaces of Alhambra in Granada.
He was of humble origin but thanks to his teacher Ibn al-Khatib he was introduced at the court of the Nasrids. He accompanied Sultan Abu Abd Allah Mohammed V to Morocco and when Mohammed was reinstated on the throne in Granada in 1361 he was appointed as his private secretary and a court poet. When Ibn al-Khatib was dismissed as vizier in 1371, Ibn Zamrak succeeded him and hired a group of assassins to kill him in prison after his arrest in Fez. Later, Ibn Zamrak himself was imprisoned for nearly two years by Yusuf II and was assassinated on the orders of Sultan Muhammad VII while he was reading the Qur'an at home in 1393.
Ibn al-ZaqqaqFor the Maliki scholar see Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq.
Ali ibn Attiya ibn al-Zaqqaq (علي إبن عطيّة إبن الزقّاق البلنسي اللخمي) (ca. 1100 Valencia - 1133 or 1134) was one of the great poets of Al-Andalus during the reign of the Almoravids. He was an Arab from Banu Lakhm
The patrons of Ibn al-Zaqqaq were two Valencian families, a governor, a family of Almoravid dignitaries, probably the supreme Almoravid judge of the East and perhaps the Almoravid ruler Ali ibn Yusuf himself.Sueno de al Zaqqaq by Luis Delgado is a collection of the works of Ibn Al-Zaqqaq set to music.
Ibrahim ibn al-MudabbirAbū Isḥāq (or Abū Yusr) Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Mudabbir, commonly simply known as Ibrahim ibn al-Mudabbir, was a senior courtier and fiscal administrator for the Abbasid Caliphate.
IsfahaniIsfahani (Persian: اصفهانی) or Ispahani is a surname of Iranian origin. It may refer to the following:
Al-Isfahani
Al-Raghib al-Isfahani
Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Isfahani
Maria AlphaizuliMariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (Arabic: مريم بنت أبي يعقوب الشَّلْبي) was an 8th-century Arabic-language poet of al-Andalus. She was born in Shilb (modern Silves, Portugal) and settled in Seville, where she became a tutor of noblewomen.Living during the time of the Moors, she has been referred to as the Arabian Sappho. During her time, many women of the Andalusian area cultivated the arts. Some well-preserved examples of her work survive in the library of the Escorial.
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Hardly any information is available about her life. She was the daughter of a merchant who was engaged in the sale of figs. She met Princess Wallada, who took her to her house and educated her. She became a poet, a profession that had a great recognition in Andalusian society.
RaghebRagheb or Raghib may refer to:
Ali Abu al-Ragheb (born 1946), the Prime Minister of Jordan from June 19, 2000 to October 25, 2003
Awad Ragheb (born 1982), Jordanian footballer of Palestinian origin
Mehrnoush Najafi Ragheb (born 1979), Iranian lawyer, Persian blogger, women's right activist and member of the city council of Hamedan
Ragheb Aga (born 1984), Kenyan cricketer and allrounder
Ragheb Alama (born 1962), Lebanese singer, composer, television personality, and philanthropist
Ragheb Harb (1952–1984), Lebanese resistance leader and Muslim cleric
Ragheb Moftah (1898–2001), Egyptian musicologist and scholar of the Coptic music heritage
Raghib al-Nashashibi (1881–1951), wealthy landowner and public figure during the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration
Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, Islamic scholar
Raghib Ismail (born 1969), retired professional American and Canadian football player
Raghib Pasha (1819–1884), Greek Ottoman politician who served as Prime Minister of Egypt
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