Al-Raghib al-Isfahani
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Abul-Qasim al-Hussein bin Mufaddal bin Muhammad, better known as Raghib Al-Isfahani (Template:Langx), was an eleventh-century Muslim scholar of Qur'anic exegesis and the Arabic language.[1][2]
Biography
Al-Raghib Al-Isfahani - was born in Isfahan as his name suggests, though his exact date of birth is not known.[3]
He died in the Hijri year 502, corresponding to 1108 on the Gregorian calendar.[3][4][5]
Views
Al-Raghib was suspected as Shia sympathizer,[6] due to his statement for his love of Ahl al-Bayt. Meanwhile, some thought he was a Mu'tazilite.[7]
However, one of his works entitled al-I'tiqadat, al-Raghib attacks both the Mu'tazila and the Shi'a showing that questions about his adherence to either of these positions is groundless.[8][9][10]
al-Raghib was opposed to the emanationism of the Brethren of Purity, preferring creationism instead.[11] The concept of justice, according to al-Raghib's definition, is "equal retaliation" for wrongdoing.[12]
Works
His work covered topics ranging from ethics to linguistics to Muslim philosophy.[13] He authored a commentary on the Quran, Mufradāt alfāẓ al-Qurʾān.[14] One of his most famous works was Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran.
As a man of letters, al-Raghib was also well-versed in Arabic literature. His literary anthology, which was carefully organized by topic, carried much weight and respect in intellectual circles.[15][16] He was also noted as an early Muslim writer on the topic of blending religious and philosophical ethics.[17]
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References
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- ↑ S. Nomanul Haq, "Islamic Religious Doctrine." Taken from Religious Truth: A Volume in the Comparative Religious Ideas Project, pg. 129. Ed. Robert C. Neville. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. Template:ISBN
- ↑ a b al-Raghib al-Isfahani, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Ed. Oliver Leaman. Oxford: Oxford Reference, 2012. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Sarra Tlili, Animals in the Qur'an, pg. 226. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Hamid Mavani, Religious Authority and Political Thought in Twelver Shi'ism: From Ali to Post-Khomeini, pg. 42. Volume 9 of Routledge Studies in Political Islam. London: Routledge, 2013. Template:ISBN
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- ↑ Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān, pg. 156. Ed. Oliver Leaman. London: Routledge, 2005. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Asghar Ali Engineer, "Islam, Women and Gender Justice." Taken from Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom, pg. 355. Ed. Roger S. Gottlieb. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Ethics in Islamic philosophy
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- ↑ The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, pg. 149. Ed. and trns. Tarif Khalidi. Dissertation series / Society of Biblical Literature. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2001. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Sahar Amer, Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures, pg. 24. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Rita Sommers-Flanagan and John Sommers-Flanagan, Becoming an Ethical Helping Professional: Cultural and Philosophical Foundations, pg. 38. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. Template:ISBN
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Bibliography
- THE ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY OF AL-RĀGHIB AL-ISFAHĀNĪ, Journal of Islamic Studies (1995) 6 (1): 51-75. Oxford Journals.
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