Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAbu Hayyan al-Gharnati
Arab grammarian
Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1256
Place of Birth: Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Date of Death: 10-Jul-1344
Profession: theologian, philologist
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
- Abu ?ayyan Athir ad-Din al-Gharna?i (Arabic: ????? ??????? ?????? ??????? ???????????????, November 1256 – July 1344), whose full name is Mu?ammad ibn Yusuf bin ‘Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Hayyan (Arabic: ???????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ????????), sometimes called Ibn Hayyan, was a celebrated commentator on the Quran and foremost Arabic grammarian of his era.
- His magnum opus Tafsir al-Bahr al-Muhit (Explanation of the Ocean) is the most important reference on Qur'anic expressions and the issues of grammar, vocabulary, etymology and the transcriber-copyists of the Holy Qur'an.
- Quite exceptionally for a linguist of Arabic of his day was his strong interest in non-Arabic languages.
- He wrote several works of comparative linguistics for Arabic speakers, and gives extensive comparative grammatical analysis and explanation.
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