Muqatil ibn Sulayman

Abū-l Ḥassan Muqātil ibn Sulaymān Al-Balkhī
Abū-l Ḥassan Muqātil ibn Sulaymān Al-Balkhī
Personal
Died	767 CE (150 Hijri)
Religion	Islam
Era	Early Islam
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Hadith
Notable work(s)	Tafsīr Muqatil
Occupation	Scholar of Islam, Mufassir
Muslim leader
	Influenced Ibn Karram;

Muqātil ibn Sulaymān (Arabic: أبو الحسن مقاتل بن سليمان البلخى, romanized: Abū-l Ḥassan Muqātil ibn Sulaymān Al-Balkhī) (d. 767 C.E.) was an 8th-century Muslim scholar of the Quran, controversial for his anthropomorphism.^[1] He wrote one of the earliest, if not first, commentaries of the Qur'an which is still available today.^[2]^[3]

Muqatil is the author of a tafsir (commentary) on the Quran that John Wansbrough considers the oldest surviving complete tafsir and discusses in some detail.^[3] This work was still in manuscript when Wansbrough wrote but has since been published.^[4]

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^ Tohe, Achmad. Muqatil ibn Sulayman: A neglected figure in the early history of Qur'ānic commentary. Diss. Boston University, 2015. p. 71
^ ^a ^b John Wansbrough, "The Sectarian Milieu" 2006 (original 1978)
^ see John Wansbrough, "Quranic Studies" 2005 (original 1977) page xli

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[2] Tohe, Achmad. Muqatil ibn Sulayman: A neglected figure in the early history of Qur'ānic commentary. Diss. Boston University, 2015. p. 71

[John_Wansbrough_1978-3] John Wansbrough, "The Sectarian Milieu" 2006 (original 1978)

[4] see John Wansbrough, "Quranic Studies" 2005 (original 1977) page xli

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