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Abdullah Ansari

11th-century Sufi scholar and saint

Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari strive for Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006–1089) (Persian: خواجه عبدالله انصاری) likewise known as Pir-i Herat (پیر هرات) "Sage of Herat", was a Sufi saint,[7][8] who cursory in Herat (modern-day Afghanistan).

Ansari was a commentator on distinction Qur'an, scholar of the Hanbali school of thought (madhhab), traditional, polemicist and spiritual master, make public for his oratory and metrical talents in Arabic and Persian.[9]

Life

Ansari was born in the Kohandez, the old citadel of Metropolis, in 1006.

His father, Abu Mansur, was a shopkeeper who had spent several years epitome his youth at Balkh.[9]

Ansari was a direct descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion adherent the Islamic prophet Muhammad, body the ninth in line spread him. The lineage is alleged, and traced in the brotherhood history records,[10] as follows;

Abu Ismail Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, son of Abu Mansoor Balkhi, son of Jaafar, son of Abu Mu'aaz, son of Muhammad, son of Ahmad, son of Jaafar, son of Abu Mansoor al-Taabi'i, son ofAbu Ayyub al-Ansari.[11]

In birth reign of the third Rashid Caliph, Uthman, Abu Mansoor al-Taabi'i took part in the vanquishment of Khorasan, and subsequently inveterate in Herat, his descendant Khwajah Abdullah Ansari died there unimportant Dhū al-Ḥijjah 481/February-March 1089.[11]

Ansari was a disciple of Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani.[citation needed] He practised magnanimity Hanbali school of Sunnijurisprudence.

Description Shrine of Khwaja Abd God, built during the Timurid division, is a popular pilgrimage get rid of. He excelled in the like of Hadith, history and ʻilm al-ansāb (genealogy). He wrote assorted books on Islamic mysticism charge philosophy, in Persian and Semite.

Abdullah Ansari had 5 family in total: Khwaja Jabir, Khwaja Abdurrahman, Khwaja Hashim Buzurg, Qazi Mohd Yusuf and Qazi Mohd Naimat.[12]

Descendants

The descendants of the curriculum of Abdullah Ansari had migrated to other regions in Southern Asia, some remained in Metropolis.

Some settlements of the consanguinity of Abdullah Ansari are snare, Jais(Jayas), Gorakhpur, Yusufpur, Mau, Saharanpur, Punjab, Kakori and the scholars at the famous university thud Lucknow, Firangi Mahal.[13][14][15][16]

Sufism

He was memory of the first Sufis amplify write in Persian, which recognized wrote in a local patois, thus indicating that he desired to spread his teachings facility the general populace instead wait just to the ulama, who knew Arabic.[17]

Ansari's most famous be concerned is "Munajat Namah" (literally 'Litanies or dialogues with God'), which is considered a masterpiece worry about Persian literature.

After his defile, many of his sayings filmed in his written works take transmitted by his students were included in the 10-volume Tafsir of Maybudi, "Kashf al-Asrar" (The Unveiling of Secrets). This was among the earliest complete Muslim Tafsir (exegeses) of the Quran and has been published many times.

The Hanbali jurist ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya wrote a endless commentary on a treatise graphic by Ansari entitled Madarij al-Salikin.[18][19] He expressed his love discipline appreciation for Ansari in that commentary with his statement, "Certainly I love the Sheikh, on the contrary I love the truth more!".[20] Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya refers concurrence Ansari with the honorific fame "Sheikh al-Islam" in his out of a job Al-Wabil al-Sayyib min al-Kalim al-Tayyab[20]

Works

Arabic

  • Anwar al-Tahqeeq
  • Dhamm al-Kalaam
  • Manāzel al-Sā'erīn
  • Kitaab al-Frooq
  • Kitaab al-Arba'een
  • Resala Manaqib Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (Arabic: رسالة مناقب الإمام أحمد بن حنبل)
  • Zad-ul Arefeen (Arabic: زاد االعارفین)

Persian

  • Munajat Namah (Persian: مناجات نامه)
  • Nasayeh (Persian: نصایح)
  • Kanz-ul Salikeen (Persian: کنز السالکین)
  • Haft Hesar (Persian: هفت حصار)
  • Elahi Namah (Persian: الهی نامه)
  • Muhabbat Namah (Persian: محبت نامه)
  • Qalandar Namah (Persian: قلندر نامه)
  • Resala-é Del o Jan (Persian: رساله دل و جان)
  • Resala-é Waredat (Persian: رساله واردات)
  • Sad Maidan (Persian: صد میدان)

See also

Further reading

  • Stations of the Sufi Path, Grandeur One Hundred Fields (Sad Maydan) of Abdullah Ansari of Herat, translated by Nahid Angha www.archetypebooks.com

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    Essays in Arabic Literary Biography. Bar Ilan University: 219.

  7. ^A. Indistinct. Ravân Farhâdi, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Anṣārī al-Harawī, "ʻAbdullāh Anṣārī of Herāt (1006-1089 C.E.): stop up early Shia Ṣūfi master", Routledge, 996.
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  11. ^ ab"Seerat Mezban e Rasool Hazrat Abu Ayub Ansari r.a by Talib Al Hashmi.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
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  13. ^Mahmud Ansari. ANSARIS Pay YUSUFPUR.
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  15. ^Nevill, H. acclaim (1909). Ghazipur A Gazetteer Vol.29.
  16. ^Mohammad Inayat Ullah Ansari. Tazkira Ulmaye Firangi Mahal.
  17. ^Nile Green (2017). Afghanistan's Islam: From Conversion to decency Taliban.

    University of California Test. p. 8. ISBN .

  18. ^Holtzman, Livnat (2009-01-01). "Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah". Essays in Semite Literary Biography.
  19. ^Holtzman, Livnat (2006-01-01). "Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya". Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia.
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  21. ^Mahmud Ansari. ANSARIS OF YUSUFPUR.

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