OverviewA Qur’an commentator whose book separates different parts of understanding a verse.CategoryScholarPeriodBirth date unknown · d. 1154 CE
Life and settingAl-Tabrisi worked in Khurasan and gathered material from earlier traditions of Qur’anic scholarship.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
Work and legacyMajma‘ al-Bayan organizes discussion of recitation, language, context and interpretation. Its broad use of earlier sources gives it importance beyond a narrow account of one tradition.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
SourcesOriginal concise biography based on the cited references. Historical reports, later devotional traditions and uncertain dates are distinguished where relevant.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
