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Abū ʿUmar al-Zāhid, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid (874/875 – 956/957), known as Ghulām Thaʻlab, was an Islamic scholar known for his contributions to Quranic exegesis and Arabic linguistics.

Career

He was the student of Abu al-ʽAbbās Thaʽlab. His scholarly works include Yāqūtat al-ṣirāṭ fī tafsīr gharīb al-Qurʾān and Kitāb fāʼit al-Faṣīḥ. His approach to language and interpretation have left an impact on Islamic scholarship, as well as on the intellectual history of the Islamic world.

Literary works

Ghulām Thaʻlab authored several works, including:

• Yāqūtat al-ṣirāṭ fī tafsīr gharīb al-Qurʾān: A contribution to Quranic exegesis.
• Kitāb fāʼit al-Faṣīḥ: A work in the field of linguistics.
• Fāʼit al-Faṣīh: Another linguistic text.
• al-ʻ Asharāt fī gharīb al-lughah: A work focusing on rare words and expressions in the Arabic language.

Notes

1. The Kitāb al-Faṣīḥ is not listed in the Beatty MS is listed last in Flügel. Yāqūt Irshād VI (2), 153 says the composition of al-Ḥasan ibn Dāʽūd al-Raqqī was ascribed to Thaʽlab, who only transcribed it. Suyūṭī Bughyat, p. 173 ascribed it both to al-Ḥasan al-Raqqī and Ibn al-Sikkīt.

References

1. "Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid Ghulām Thaʻlab (874 or 875-956 or 957) | The National Library of Israel".
2. "Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid Ghulām Thaʻlab".
3. Nadīm (al-) 1970, p. 166.
4. Khallikān 1843, p. 83, I.
5. Khallikān 1868, pp. 43–8, III.
6. Nadīm (al-) 1970, pp. 166–8.
7. Cobb, Paul (22 June 2012). The Lineaments of Islam: Studies in Honor of Fred McGraw Donner. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-21885-7.
8. "ياقوتة الصراط في تفسير غريب القرآن". 2002.
9. "Kitāb fāʼit al-Faṣīḥ". 1986.
10. "Fāìt al-fasīḥ". 1986.
11. "Al-ʻAsharāt fī gharīb al-lughah". 1984.

Sources

• Khallikān, Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad (1843). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Vol. I. Translated by de Slane, William McGuckin. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 83-5.
• Khallikān, Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad (1868). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Vol. III. Translated by de Slane, William McGuckin. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Nadīm (al-), Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Abū Yaʽqūb al-Warrāq (1970). Dodge, Bayard (ed.). The Fihrist of al-Nadim; a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture. New York & London: Columbia University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• 874 births
• 957 deaths
• 10th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
• Quranic exegesis scholars
• Islamic scholars
• Medieval linguists