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'''Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji''' or '''Burhan al-Islam al-Zarnuji''' also spelled '''az-Zarnuji''' {{nobr|(d. 620{{nbsp}}[[Hijri year|AH]]/1223{{nbsp}}CE)}} was a [[Muslim]] scholar and the author of the celebrated [[pedagogical]] work ''Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum'' (''Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning'').

[[File:zarnuji.jpg|thumb|A manuscript of al-Zarnuji's ''Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum'']]

== Life ==
Al-Zarnuji was born and lived in Zarnuj, a well-known town beyond the river [[Oxus]](Amu Darya) in the present [[Turkistan Region]] of Kazakhstan. Burhan al-Din (proof of Din) or Burhan al-Islam (proof of Islam) al-Zarnuji were his [[agnomen]], or moniker. Collections of biographies believed that his given name was al-Nu'man ibn Ibrahim.

He studied with many [[Sheikh (Sufism)|shaykh]]s including: Shaykh [[Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani|Burhān al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī]] {{nobr|(530–593{{nbsp}}AH / 1135–1197{{nbsp}}CE)}} author of ''Al-Hidāyah'', Shaykh Abu al-Muhamid Qawaduddin Hammad ibn Ibrahim al-Saffar; the great Shaykh Hasan ibn Mansur Qadiykhani; and others.

The exact date of his death is unknown, though it is speculated that he died in 593{{nbsp}}AH (1223{{nbsp}}CE) in [[Bukhara]].

==Works==
Al-Zarnuji's treatise, ''Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum'', is a short introduction to the secrets of attaining knowledge. Acknowledged by many {{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} as a book in which even the most advanced and experienced teachers find advice they have yet to apply in their teaching, this book serves to create the proper {{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} framework for the [[Sharia]] program and its students and teachers alike.

== References ==

*{{Cite journal
  | last = Della Vida
  | first = G. Levi 
  | authorlink = Giorgio Levi Della Vida
  | title = Review: Az-Zarnūjī, Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum. Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning by G. E. von Grunebaum; Theodora M. Abel
  | journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society
  | volume = 68
  | issue = 3
  | pages = 155–157
  | date = Jul–Sep 1948
  | issn = 0003-0279
  | doi = 10.2307/595783
  | id = 
  | accessdate =
| jstor=595783}}
*{{Cite book
  | last = al-Zarnuji
  | first = Burhan al-Din
  | author-link = Al-Zarnuji
  | last2 = von Grunebaum
  | first2 = G.E.
  | author2-link = Gustave E. von Grunebaum
  | last3 = Yusuf
  | first3 = Hamza (Foreword)
  | title = Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning
  | publisher = Starlatch, Llc
  | date = January 1, 2001
  | edition = 2nd
  | location = 
  | pages = 
  | url = 
  | doi = 
  | isbn = 978-1929694044
}}

* Huda, Miftachul; Kartanegara, Mulyadhi (April 2015). "Ethical Foundation of Character Education in Indonesia: Reflections on Integration between Ahmad Dahlan and Al-Zarnuji." Persidangan Antarbangsa Tokoh Ulama Melayu Nusantara (PanTUMN 2015). Selangor, Malaysia: Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor. [[doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.5082.1605]].

* {{cite journal|last1=Huda|first1=Miftachul|last2=Kartanegara|first2=Mulyadhi|title=Islamic Spiritual Character Values of al-Zarnūjī's Taʻlīm al-Mutaʻallim|journal=Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences|date=1 July 2015|volume=6|issue=4|page=229|doi=10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s2p229|doi-access=free}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.republika.co.id/koran_detail.asp?id=218481&kat_id=319 Az-Zarnuji Pemandu Santri]

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