Al-Suyuti

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445–1505) was an Egyptian Sunni scholar whose prolific works covered Qur’anic exegesis, hadith, law, history, and language.

Mamluk Sultanate: A medieval Islamic state ruled by a military elite, centered in Egypt and Syria from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. Al-Suyuti lived in Cairo under its late Mamluk rulers.
Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an: Al-Suyuti’s comprehensive introduction to the disciplines used in studying the Qur’an. It is his best-known systematic account of Qur’anic sciences.
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli: A fifteenth-century Egyptian Shafi‘i scholar and Qur’anic commentator. Al-Suyuti completed the tafsir al-Mahalli had begun.
Qur'anic exegesis: The interpretation of the Qur’an through linguistic, historical, theological, and transmitted evidence. Al-Suyuti’s commentaries and methodological works became enduring contributions to this field.
Taqi al-Din al-Subki: A fourteenth-century Egyptian Shafi‘i jurist and theologian from a prominent scholarly family. Al-Suyuti invoked earlier scholarly precedents when defending his own claims to learning.
Cairo: The capital of Egypt and a major political and intellectual center of the medieval Islamic world. Al-Suyuti was born, studied, taught, and died in this city.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: A concise Qur’anic commentary begun by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli and completed by Al-Suyuti. Al-Suyuti supplied the commentary’s second half after al-Mahalli’s death.
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani: A fifteenth-century Egyptian scholar renowned for his work on hadith and Islamic history. Al-Suyuti studied with scholars in a generation shaped by Ibn Hajar’s scholarship.
Qira'at: The recognized traditions of Qur’anic recitation, including differences in pronunciation and wording. His writings collected and discussed knowledge about recitation traditions.
Ijazah: A scholarly authorization to transmit a text or body of knowledge, traditionally granted by a teacher. Transmission credentials formed part of the authority behind his scholarly work.

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