OverviewA Qur’an commentator remembered for explaining the rules found in its verses.CategoryScholarPeriodBirth date unknown · d. 1273 CE
His workHis commentary asks what Qur’anic passages mean for worship, family life and other decisions. It links understanding a verse with acting on it.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Al-Qurtubi
A long journeyHe left al-Andalus, in the Iberian Peninsula, and settled in Egypt. His learning connected the western and eastern Islamic worlds.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Al-Qurtubi
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Al-Qurtubi
