Taftazani

Al-Taftazani
Born	1322 Taftazan Khorasan, Iran or HeratAfghanistan
Died	1390 Samarkand
Residence	Sarakhs
Fields	Linguistics, Theology, Islamic jurisprudence, Rhetoric, Logic

Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Ash'ari

Sa'ad al-Din Masud ibn Umar ibn Abd Allah al-Taftazani (Persian: سعدالدین مسعودبن عمربن عبداللّه هروی خراسانی تفتازانی‎‎) also known as Al-Taftazani and Taftazani (1322–1390) was a Muslim Persianpolymath. He also wrote a commentary on the Qur'an in Persian called "Kashf-al-Asrar".

Al-Taftazani was born in 1322 in Taftazan, Khorasan in Iran, then in the Sarbedaran state. He completed his education in various educational institutions in the cities of Herat, Ghijduvan, Feryumed, Gulistan, Khwarizm, Samarkand and Sarakhs. He mainly resided in Sarakhs. He was active during the reign of Timur, who noticed him as a promising scientist and supported his scholarship, and was part of his court. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani famously remarked about him that "science ended with him in the East" and "no one could ever replace him". He died in Samarkand in 1390 and was buried in Sarakhs. He sincerely practiced Islam, and practiced and preached in the Hanafi and Maturidi schools. He was of the Hanafi school in matters of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and a Maturidi with regard to issues of Aqidah (Islamic creed).

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