Mansur al-Tablawi
- Died
- 1014 AH
- Born in
- Cairo
Mansur al-Tablawi (d. 1014 AH / 1606 CE) was an Egyptian Shafi'i jurist, grammarian, and Quranic exegete based in Cairo .
Life and Education
Tablawi was born in Cairo, with his family roots tracing back to a village in the al-Manufiyya province of Egypt . He was commonly known as Sibt al-Tablawi on account of his maternal grandfather, the Shafi'i scholar Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Salim al-Tablawi .
He pursued his religious and linguistic education under leading scholars of his era, foremost among them al-Shams al-Ramli and Abu Nasr ibn Nasir al-Din al-Tablawi . He subsequently taught students of his own, including al-Shams Muhammad al-Shubrawi .
His scholarly contributions spanned theology, rhetoric, and Quranic sciences, including his monograph al-Sirr al-Qudsi fi Tafsir Ayat al-Kursi (The Sacred Secret in the Exegesis of the Throne Verse) and his theological gloss on Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani's commentary on the creed of al-Nasafi, titled Matla' Budur al-Fawa'id wa-Manba' Jawahir al-'Awa'id (The Rising of the Full Moons of Benefits and the Spring of Jewels of Returns) .
Tablawi died in Cairo on 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1014 AH (1606 CE) .
Scholarly Standing
Tablawi was recognized as an authority across several disciplines, notably Arabic linguistics, rhetoric, Quranic exegesis, jurisprudence, hadith, speculative theology, logic, and legal theory . In Khulasat al-Athar, al-Muhibbi described him as an exacting scholar, the seal of the jurists, a destination for traveling students, and a remaining exemplar of the early generations .
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List of Works
al-Shama al-Mudiya bi-Nashr Qira'at al-Sab'a al-Mardiyya (The Radiant Candle in Disseminating the Approved Seven Readings) is a manual on the seven canonical Quranic recitations.