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{{Infobox Person|name=Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti|image=Suyuti.jpg|date_of_birth=3 October 1445|place_of_birth=Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate|death_date=18 October 1505|death_place=Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate|title=Jalal al-Din<br>
{{Infobox Person|name=Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti|image=Suyuti.jpg|date_of_birth=3 October 1445|place_of_birth=Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate|death_date=18 October 1505|death_place=Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate|title=Jalal al-Din<br>Mujaddid al-Din<br>Ibn al-Kutub|notable_works=''[https://tafsir.app/jalalayn/1/1 Tafsir al-Jalalayn]'' (lit. ''Tafsir of the Two Majesties'', coauthored with Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli [d. 1460]),<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/6590 al-Khasais al-Kubra]'' (lit. ''The Major Collection of Characteristics'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/11997 Tarikh al-Khulafa]'' (''[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023164654 History of the Caliphs]'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/11728 al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an]'' (''The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an'')|occupation=Scholar of [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], and [[fiqh]]}}
Mujaddid|notable_works=''[https://tafsir.app/jalalayn/1/1 Tafsir al-Jalalayn]'' (lit. ''Tafsir of the Two Majesties'', coauthored with Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli [d. 1460]),<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/6590 al-Khasais al-Kubra]'' (lit. ''The Major Collection of Characteristics'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/11997 Tarikh al-Khulafa]'' (''[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023164654 History of the Caliphs]'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/11728 al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an]'' (''The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an'')}}


'''Al-Suyuti''' (السيوطي), entitled '''''Jalal al-Din''''' (literally "Majesty of the Faith"), was one of the most prolific writers in Islamic history and the Middle Ages in general.
'''Abd al-Rahman b. Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr b. Muhammad Sabiq al-Din Khudr al-Khudairi al-Asyuti''' (عبد الرحمن بن كمال الدين أبي بكر بن محمد سابق الدين خضر الخضيري الأسيوطي), entitled '''''Jalal al-Din''''' (جلال الدين; literally "Majesty of the Faith") and known as '''al-Suyuti''' (السيوطي), was the most prolific writer in Islamic history. Al-Suyuti was born in Cairo in 1445 and died there in 1505. His writings span many topics. As a jurist, he followed the Shafi'i [[madh'hab]].<ref name=":02">{{Citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E.J. Brill|volume=9 SAN-SZE|editor1=C.E. Bosworth|editor2=E. van Donzel|editor3=W.P. Heinrichs|editor4=the late G. Lecomte|edition=New Edition [2nd]|location=Leiden|chapter=al-Suyuti|pages=913-916|publication-date=1997|isbn=90 04 10422 4}}</ref>


Many of Suyuti's most well-known works of lasting impact were compilations or textbooks, including ''Tarikh al-Khulafa'' (History of the Caliphs) and ''al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an'' (''The Perfect Guide to the Science of the Qur'an''). However, what is perhaps his most famous work, the brief exegesis ''Tafsir al-Jalalayn'', was not a work of his own conception. The ''Tafsir'' has been been started by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. 1460) and was only completed by al-Suyuti''.<ref name=":02" />''


While al-Suyuti specialized in the Islamic study of [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], and [[fiqh]], he produced writings on a much wider variety of subjects, including poetry, rhetoric, logic, and astronomy.
While al-Suyuti specialized in the Islamic study of [[tafsir]], [[hadith]], and [[fiqh]], he produced writings on a much wider variety of subjects, including poetry, rhetoric, logic, and astronomy, and even wrote multiple works (one survey counts fourteen) on sex, including a work on sexual positions and a dictionary on sexual terminology.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Citation|volume=9|publication-date=May 25th, 2020|author=Hanan Bishara|url=https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/download/7889/4983/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214091814/https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/download/7889/4983/|journal=Advances in Social Sciences Research|title=Sex and Sexual Fantasy among the Arabs in the Middle Ages}}</ref>
==Biography==


<ref name=":02">{{Citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E.J. Brill|volume=9 SAN-SZE|editor1=C.E. Bosworth|editor2=E. van Donzel|editor3=W.P. Heinrichs|editor4=the late G. Lecomte|edition=New Edition [2nd]|location=Leiden|chapter=al-Suyuti|pages=913-916|publication-date=1997|isbn=90 04 10422 4}}</ref>
==Works==


== Biography ==
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Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
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Born 3 October 1445
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Died 18 October 1505
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Occupation Scholar of tafsir, hadith, and fiqh
Title Jalal al-Din
Mujaddid al-Din
Ibn al-Kutub
Notable works Tafsir al-Jalalayn (lit. Tafsir of the Two Majesties, coauthored with Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli [d. 1460]),
al-Khasais al-Kubra (lit. The Major Collection of Characteristics)
Tarikh al-Khulafa (History of the Caliphs)
al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an)

Abd al-Rahman b. Kamal al-Din Abi Bakr b. Muhammad Sabiq al-Din Khudr al-Khudairi al-Asyuti (عبد الرحمن بن كمال الدين أبي بكر بن محمد سابق الدين خضر الخضيري الأسيوطي), entitled Jalal al-Din (جلال الدين; literally "Majesty of the Faith") and known as al-Suyuti (السيوطي), was the most prolific writer in Islamic history. Al-Suyuti was born in Cairo in 1445 and died there in 1505. His writings span many topics. As a jurist, he followed the Shafi'i madh'hab.[1]

Many of Suyuti's most well-known works of lasting impact were compilations or textbooks, including Tarikh al-Khulafa (History of the Caliphs) and al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (The Perfect Guide to the Science of the Qur'an). However, what is perhaps his most famous work, the brief exegesis Tafsir al-Jalalayn, was not a work of his own conception. The Tafsir has been been started by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. 1460) and was only completed by al-Suyuti.[1]

While al-Suyuti specialized in the Islamic study of tafsir, hadith, and fiqh, he produced writings on a much wider variety of subjects, including poetry, rhetoric, logic, and astronomy, and even wrote multiple works (one survey counts fourteen) on sex, including a work on sexual positions and a dictionary on sexual terminology.[1][2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs et al., eds, (1997), "al-Suyuti", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 9 SAN-SZE (New Edition [2nd] ed.), Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 913-916, ISBN 90 04 10422 4, 1997 
  2. ↑ Hanan Bishara, "Sex and Sexual Fantasy among the Arabs in the Middle Ages", Advances in Social Sciences Research 9, May 25th, 2020 (archived from the original), https://web.archive.org/web/20201214091814/https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/download/7889/4983/ 
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