Nashwan al-Himyari

Nashwan al-Himyari
نشوان ابن سعيد الحميري
Born	Huth, Sana'a
Died	1178 Ḥaydan, Ṣaʿdah
Nationality	Yemeni
Known for	al-Qaṣīdah al-Ḥimyarīyah (The Himyarite Ode)
Notable work	Shams al-'ulum

Nashwān ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥimyarī (Arabic: نشوان ابن سعيد الحميري) was a Yemeni theologian, judge, philologist, poet and historian.[1]

Life

He was a member of a nobel Yemeni family from Uawt near Sanaa. He is said to have some Mu'tazili views. He wrote a Qur'an commentary and compiled several works on theological, philological, historical and other topics.[1] He died in 1178 C.E.

Books

• Shams al-'ulum wa-dawa' kalam al-'Arab min al- kulum ('The sun of Wisdom and Remedy for the Arabic Language's Lesions').[1][2]
• al-Tabsirah fi al-Deen lilmubsireen, fi al-Rad ala al-ḍalamt al-munkreen[3]
• Kitāb at-Tibyān. (Quran commentary book)[3]

See also

• Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani

References

1. Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul (1998). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 580. ISBN 9780415185721.
2. Ḥimyarī (al-), Nashwān ibn Saʻīd (1951). Zetterstéen, K.V. (ed.). Šams al-ʻulūm wa-dawāʼ kalām al-ʻArab min al-kulūm (in Arabic). Leiden: Brill. OCLC 615321417.
3. "نشوان الحميري وجهوده اللغوية والنحويَّة" [Nashwan Al-Himyari and his linguistic and grammatical efforts]. www.saadahpress.net.