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al-Qurtubi
Andalusian jurist and Islamic scholar (1214–1273)
For the surname, see al-Qurtubi (surname).
Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Anṣārī al-Qurṭubī (Arabic: أبو عبدالله القرطبي) (1214 – 29 April 1273)[5] was an AndalusianSunniMuslimpolymath, Malikijurisconsult, mufassir, muhaddith and an expert in the Arabic language.[6] He was taught by prominent scholars of Córdoba, Spain and he is well known for his classical commentary of the Quran named Tafsir al-Qurtubi.
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Biography
He was born in Qurtubah (modern-day Córdoba), Al-Andalus in the 13th century. His father was a farmer and died during a Spanish attack in 1230. During his youth, he contributed to his family by carrying clay for use in potteries.
He finished his education in Qurtubah (Córdoba), studying from renowned scholars ibn Abu Hujja and Abdurrahman ibn Ahmed Al-Ashari. After the fall of Cordoba in 1236, he left for Alexandria, where he studied hadith and taf