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Arabic Tafsir by Abu al-Fida Imad al-Din Isma‘il ibn Shihab al-Din ‘Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi al-Busrawi al-Dimashqi al-Shafi‘i
- Language
- Arabic
- Scholar
- Abu al-Fida Imad al-Din Isma‘il ibn Shihab al-Din ‘Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi al-Busrawi al-Dimashqi al-Shafi‘i
- Role
- Renowned Qur’an Mufassir and author of the Arabic Tafsir al-Qur’an al-‘Azim, commonly known as Tafsir Ibn Kathir; also a Hadith scholar, historian, and Shafi‘i jurist.
- Place
- Born in Mujaydil al-Qarya in the Busra region of Syria; moved to Damascus in childhood and remained primarily associated with Damascus.
- Education
- Memorized the Qur’an in his youth and studied Fiqh, Hadith, Qira’at, Usul al-Fiqh, and history in Damascus under prominent scholars including Burhan al-Din al-Fazari, Yusuf al-Mizzi, al-Dhahabi, Muhammad al-Ba‘labakki, and Ibn Taymiyyah.
