Mahmud al-Alusi
| Abu al-Thana' Shihabuldin Mahmoud Al-Husaini Al-Alousi أبو الثناء شهاب الدين محمودالحسيني الآلوسي | |
|---|---|
| Title | Al-Alousi Al-Kabir (The Grand Alousi) |
| Born |
10 December 1802 Baghdad, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 29 July 1854 |
| Ethnicity | Iraqi |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, Mufti, Teacher, Writer |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Notable work(s) | Ruh al-Ma`ani |
Abū al-Thanā’ Shihāb ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Ālūsī al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو الثناء شهاب الدين سيد محمود بن عبد الله بن محمود الحسيني الآلوسي البغدادي; 10 December 1802 – 1854) was an Iraqi Islamic scholar best known for writing Ruh al-Ma`ani, a tafsir (exegesis) of the Qur'an.
Biography
He was born in Baghdad on the day of Jumu`ah, 14 Sha`ban 1217 AH (Friday, 10 December 1802).[1] [2] He died on 5 Dhul-Q'dah, 1270 AH (29 July, 1854)[3]
Works
An exhaustive list of all his works far to long and thus difficult to compile. Indexes in the British Library and the Below are a few examples:
- Rūḥ al-ma‘ānī fī tafsīr al-Qur’ān al-‘aẓīm wa-al-sab‘ al-mathānī (روح المعاني في تفسير القرآن العظيم والسبع المثاني)
- Nashwat al-shamūl fī al-safar ilā Islāmbūl (نشوة الشمول في السفر إلى إسلامبول)
- Nashwat al-mudām fī al-‘awd ilá Madīnat al-Salām (نشوة المدام في العود إلي مدينة السلام)
- al-Ajwibah al-‘Irāqīyah ‘alá al-as’ilah al-Lāhūrīyah (الأجوبة العراقية على الأسئلة اللاهورية)
- al-Ajwibah al-‘Irāqīyah ‘an al-as’ilah al-Īrānīyah (الأجوبة العراقية عن الأسئلة الإيرانية)
- al-Ajwibah al-‘Irāqīyah ‘an al-as’ilah al-Īrānīyah (الأجوبة العراقية عن الأسئلة الإيرانية)
- Ghra'b al-'Ightirab (غرائب الإغتراب)
- Dqa'q al-Tafs'ir (دقائق التفسير)
- Sharh Sullam al-Mantiq (شرح سلم المنطق)
- al-Tiraz al-Mudh-hab Fi Sharh Qasydat al-Baz al-Ash-hab (الطراز المذهب في شرح قصيدة الباز الأشهب)
- al-Maqamat al-Alousiya (المقامات الآلوسية)
Legacy
Left a legacy of five sons: Sayid Abdullah Bha'uldin Al-Alousi, Sayid Sa'd Abdulbaqi Al-Alousi, Abu Albrakat Sayid Nu'man Khayruldin Al-Alousi, Sayid Mohammad Hamid Afandi and Sayid Ahmed Shakir Afandi[4]
References
- ↑ Al-Alousi, Mahmoud Shukri (1930). Al-Jubouri, Abdullah, ed. المسك الأذفر [Almisk Aldhfar] (PDF) (in Arabic). Baghdad: Arab Encyclopaedia House. pp. 171–200.
- ↑ al-Musawi, Muhsin J.; Khaldi, Boutheina (2010). الوافي في تراث العرب الثقافي : الأندلس والمشرق العربي منذ سقوط الخلافة العباسية / al-Wāfī fī turāth al-ʻArab al-thaqāfī : al-Andalus wa-al-mashriq al-ʻArabī mundhu suqūṭ al-khilāfah al-ʻAbbāsīyah [The Exhaustive in the Cultural Heritage of the Arabs : Andalusia and the Arab East since the fall of the Abbasid caliphate] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Beirut: al-Markaz al-Thaqāfī al-ʻArabī.
- ↑ Al-Alousi, Mahmoud Shukri (1930). Al-Jubouri, Abdullah, ed. المسك الأذفر [Almisk Aldhfar] (PDF) (in Arabic). Baghdad: Arab Encyclopaedia House. pp. 171–200.
- ↑ Al-Alousi, Mahmoud Shukri (1930). Al-Jubouri, Abdullah, ed. المسك الأذفر [Almisk al-Adhfar] (PDF) (in Arabic). Baghdad: Arab Encyclopaedia House. pp. 171–200.