Ibn Adil
- Died
- 775 AH
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Ibn Adil (d. 775 AH / 1373–1374 CE) was a Damascene Hanbali scholar and Quranic exegete best known for his extensive commentary al-Lubab fi Ulum al-Kitab (The Kernel in the Sciences of the Book) .
Identity and Chronology
His full name is Abu Hafs Siraj al-Din Umar ibn Ali ibn Adil al-Dimashqi al-Nu'mani . He was associated with Damascus and adhered to the Hanbali school of law .
Biographical and bibliographical sources record divergent dates regarding his life and death. While many biographical references and modern editions list his death in 775 AH (1373–1374 CE) , other bibliographical accounts state that he was still living in the late ninth century AH, recording that he completed his exegesis in Ramadan 879 AH (1475 CE), or on 15 Ramadan 880 AH (1475 CE), placing his death around or after 880 AH . In his bibliographical dictionary Kashf al-Zunun, Katib Chelebi noted his work but left his year of death unspecified .
Scholarly Contribution
Ibn Adil is recognized primarily as a mufassir (exegete) . His primary renown rests on al-Lubab fi Ulum al-Kitab, a comprehensive and well-known commentary on the Quran that integrates multiple disciplines related to the Quranic text . Originally preserved in six large manuscript volumes, the work gained wide distribution across scholarly libraries and has been published in extensive multivolume modern editions .
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al-Lubab fi Ulum al-Kitab (The Kernel in the Sciences of the Book) is an extensive work of Quranic exegesis (tafsir) that compiles diverse classical disciplines related to the Quran into an encyclopedic commentary.