Quranic exegesis scholars

8th-century Sunni theologian and jurist

Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)

Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari is widely known for his historical works and expertise in Quranic exegesis, and has been described as "an impressively prolific polymath". He authored works on a diverse range of subjects, including world history, poetry, lexicography, grammar, ethics, mathematics, and medicine. Among his most fa

Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)

7th-century Islamic scholar

Muslim theologian (874–936)

Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)

Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960)

12th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and philosopher

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (; 1445–1505), or al-Suyuti, was an Egyptian Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent. Considered the mujtahid and mujaddid of the Islamic 10th century, he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science. For this reason, he was honoured one of the most prestigious and rarest titles: Shaykh al-Islām.

Syrian Muslim scholar and reformer (1865-1935)

Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazilite theologian, linguist, poet and interpreter of the Quran. He is best known for his book Al-Kashshaf, which interprets and linguistically analyzes Quranic expressions and the use of figurative speech for conveying meaning. This work is a primary source for all major linguists.

Persian Muslim theologian (853–944)

Arab Muslim preacher and scholar (c.1116–1201)

Iranian Shia cleric, philosopher, jurist and mystic

Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib (; –1058), commonly known by the nisba al-Mawardi (), was a Sunni polymath and a Shafi'i jurist, legal theoretician, muhaddith, theologian, sociologist and an expert in political science. He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-lettres.

'Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawazin Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī al-Naysābūrī (, ; 986 – 30 December 1072) was an Arab Muslim scholar, theologian, jurist, legal theoretician, commentator of the Qur’an, muhaddith, grammarian, spiritual master, orator, poet, and an eminent scholar who mastered a number of Islamic sciences. Al-Qushayri, combined the routine instruction of a Shafi'i law specialist and Hadith expert (muhaddith) with a solid slant to mysticism and ascetic lifestyle.

Ottoman Grand Mufti

Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Anṣārī al-Qurṭubī () (121429 April 1273) was an Andalusian Sunni Muslim polymath, Maliki jurisconsult, mufassir, muhaddith and an expert in the Arabic language. Prominent scholars of Córdoba, Spain, taught him, and he is well known for his classical commentary of the Quran named Tafsir al-Qurtubi.

Persian Islamic scholar (died 1319)

'''Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd ibn Muḥammad al-Farrā' al-Baghawī (Persian/Arabic:ابو محمد حسین بن مسعود بغوی), also known as al-Baghawī' () was a Persian Sunni Muslim scholar based in Khorasan. He was a prominent Quran exegete (mufassir), traditionist (muhaddith''), and Shafi'i jurist (faqih). He best known for his two major works, Maʻālim at-Tanzīl and Masabih as-Sunnah.

muhaddith and Hafiz (0778-0853)

Indian Muslim scholar (1863–1943)

Arab scholar of Maliki fiqh (1083–1149)

Islamic scholar (1911–1998)

Indian Muslim scholar and independence activist (1851–1920)

Arab poet and linguist

Egyptian-American biochemist (1935-1990)

Moorish scholar

Pakistan Muslim scholar (1932–2010)

Hanafite jurist

Arab grammarian

Islamic scholar

11th century Islamic scholar

Central Asian Hanafi scholar and theologian (died 1310)

Iranian philosopher

Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet (1802–1854)

Al-Mubarrad () (al-Mobarrad), or Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd (c. 826c. 898), was a native of Baṣrah. He was a philologist, biographer and a leading grammarian of the School of Basra, a rival to the School of Kufa. In 860 he was called to the court of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil at Samarra. When the caliph was killed the following year, he went to Baghdād, and taught there until his death.

muhaddith

Ottoman jurisprudence expert

Persian mathematician and astronomer

Islamic scholar

Tunisian theologian, professor and rector of the University of Ez-Zitouna (1879-1973)

Scholar of Islamic law (1898–1974)

Arab philologist

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī (), widely known as al-Jaṣṣāṣ (; 370–305 AH/ 917–981 CE), was a leading Hanafi jurist and Qurʾān exegete in Baghdad of his time. Serving as the Mufti of Iraq, he is best known for authoring ''Aḥkām al-Qur'ān''.

Quranic scholar

Sunni Imam

Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Shihāb ad-Dīn Jalāl ad-Dīn al-Maḥallī (; 1389–1459 CE); aka was an Egyptian renowned mufassir and a leading specialist in the principles of the law in Shafi'i jurisprudence. He authored numerous and lengthy works on various branches of Islamic Studies, among which the most important two are Tafsir al-Jalalayn and Kanz al-Raghibin, an explanation of Al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, a classical manual on Islamic Law according to Shafi'i fiqh.

Syed Mir Nisar Ali (27 January 1782 – 19 November 1831), better known as Titumir, was one of the first Bengali-speaking revolutionaries in British India who developed a strand of Islamic revivalism, sometimes also for Bengali nationalism coupled with agrarian and political consciousness. He is famed for having built a large bamboo fort to resist the British, which passed into Bengali Muslim folk legend.

Ottoman scholar

'''Abu 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami al-Shafi'i (), commonly known as al-Sulami''' (947-1034), was a Shafi'i muhaddith (Hadith Master), muffassir (Qur'anic commentator), shaykh of the Awliya, Sufi hagiographer, and a prolific writer. Al-Dhahabi said of him: "He was of very high status."

Pakistani islamic scholar

8th-century Sunni Mufassir (Qur'ānic Exegete)

Shafi'i Islamic scholar (1284–1355)

'Alī b. Aḥmad al-Wāḥidī al-Naysābūrī, who was better known as Al-Wāḥidī (; 1003–1076), was a prominent grammarian and philologist of the Classical Arabic and a Quran scholar who wrote several classical exegetical works. He is considered one of the leading Quranic exegete and literary critics of the medieval Islamic world. He composed three different-length commentaries: Tafsir al-Wajiz, a short exegesis intended for a wider audience, Tafsir al-Wasit, a medium-length exegesis, and Tafsir al-Basit, an extensive exegesis replete with grammatical and doctrinal justifications. All of these commenta

17th century Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar

Syrian Islamic scholar

Muḥammad ibn Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Abd Allah, better known as al-Shawkani () (11 July 1759–30 October 1834) was a prominent Yemeni Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, theologian and reformer. Al-Shawkani was one of the most influential proponents of Athari theology and is respected as one of their canonical scholars by Salafi Muslims. His teachings played a major role in the emergence of the Salafi movement. Influenced by the teachings of the medieval Hanbali scholar Ibn Taymiyya, al-Shawkani became noteworthy for his staunch stances against the practice of Taqlid (imitation to legal schools), calls