Najm ad-D?n Ab? ?af? 'Umar ibn Mu?ammad an-Nasaf? (Arabic: ??? ????? ??? ??? ??? ?? ???? ????????; 1067-1142) was a Muslim jurist, theologian, mufassir, muhaddith and historian. A Persian scholar born in Transoxiana, he wrote mostly in Arabic.
He authored around 100 books in Hanafi jurisprudence, theology, Quran exegesis, Hadith and history. One of his famous books is Al-Aqeedah al-Nasafiyya in Sunni Islam creed, on which Al-Taftazani wrote his famous commentary. Some of his famous works in Arabic include Al-Taysir fi 'Elm al-Tafsir, Talabah al-Talabah, Al-Qand fi Zikr 'Ulama'e Samarqand, and Manzumah al-Jame' al-Saghir. Both Al-Dhahabi and Al-Sama'ani reported on his works.
He authored a famous Quran exegesis in Persian, called Tafsir-e Nasafi.
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, the author of al-Hidaya, was his most famous student.
Video Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
References
Maps Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
External links
- Al-Nasafi, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- Tafsir-e Nasafi, partial text of his tafsir in Persian
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