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Al-Suyuti

1445 – 1505

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Arabic: ŰŹÙ„Ű§Ù„ Ű§Ù„ŰŻÙŠÙ† Ű§Ù„ŰłÙŠÙˆŰ·ÙŠ; Romanized: Jalāl al-DÄ«n al-SuyĆ«áč­Ä«; c. 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), faqÄ«h (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic

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