al-Sayyid al-Jumayli
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- 1439 AH
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al-Sayyid al-Jumayli (d. 1439 AH / 2017–2018 CE) was a contemporary Islamic researcher, author, and manuscript editor known for his works on the prophetic biography and Islamic history, including Ghazawat al-Nabi (The Expeditions of the Prophet) .
Scholarly Career and Research
Al-Jumayli studied under and maintained a close scholarly association with the Egyptian historian Husayn Mu'nis . He was closely associated with Mu'nis during the latter's editorship of the cultural periodical Majallat al-Hilal and throughout the preparation of Mu'nis's historical atlas, Atlas Tarikh al-Islam (Atlas of the History of Islam), adapting and abridging maps from it for his own historical study Ghazawat al-Nabi .
Beyond his historical writings, al-Jumayli contributed to contemporary studies on Quranic scientific inimitability (al-i‘jaz al-‘ilmi), authoring specialized works such as al-I‘jaz al-Tibbi fi al-Qur’an al-Karim (Medical Inimitability in the Noble Quran) . He was also active in classical manuscript editing, producing published editions of historical and theological treatises, such as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Hadi al-Arwah ila Bilad al-Afrah (Guide of the Souls to the Lands of Joys) .
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List of Works
Nisa al-Nabi (The Prophet's Wives) is a biographical work focusing on the lives of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad and Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah. It examines the lineage, early background, marriage to the Prophet, virtues, and major life events of these prominent early Muslim figures based on classical biographical and historical sources.
Ghazawat al-Nabi (The Expeditions of the Prophet) is a historical treatise on the prophetic military campaigns. It chronologically examines the expeditions led personally by the Prophet Muhammad alongside dispatched raiding parties and delegations, exploring their strategic purposes, rationale, and major battles.