📜Biographies of Scholars

The songs of the good people in explaining the names of men and the meanings of the effects

مغاني الأخيار في شرح أسامي رجال معاني الآثار

Author: أبو محمد محمود بن أحمد بن موسى بن أحمد بن حسين الغيتابى الحنفى بدر الدين العينى (المتوفى: 855هـ) (d. 855)

About this work

مغاني الأخيار في شرح أسامي رجال معاني الآثار هو كتاب تراجم وطبقات من تأليف البروفيسور الفقيه الحنفي بدر الدين العيني، يهدف إلى توضيح أسماء العلماء ومعاني آثارهم من خلال شرح مفصل لكل اسم ورجل. يُرتّب المحتوى أبجديًا حسب الحروف العربية، حيث يُقسم كل حرف إلى أبواب متعددة تتناول أسماء مختلفة وفق ترتيبٍ منهجيٍ يُسهل الرجوع إليه. يضم الكتاب ترجمة المصنف، وصف النسخ الخطية، ومقدمة المصنف، ثم ينتقل إلى فصول الحروف من الألف إلى الياء مع تفاصيلٍ دقيقة لكل باب.

Translation

Maghani Al-Akhyar Fi Sharh Rijal’s Names and Meanings of Athars is a book of biographies and classes written by Professor Hanafi jurist Badr al-Din al-Aini. It aims to clarify the names of scholars and the meanings of their works through a detailed explanation of each name and person. The content is arranged alphabetically according to Arabic letters, with each letter divided into multiple sections dealing with different names according to a systematic arrangement that is easy to refer to. The book includes a translation of the work, a description of the written copies, and an introduction to the work, then moves to the chapters of the letters from A to Z, with precise details for each chapter.

Topics covered

Translation of the workbook
Description of written copies
Introduction to the workbook
The letter Alif
Chapter alif followed by hamza
Chapter Alif, followed by Alif
Chapter Alif followed by Ha
Chapter Alif, followed by the Kha, the dictionary
Chapter Alif is followed by the neglected D
Chapter Alif followed by Ra
Chapter Alif followed by Zai
Chapter Alif, followed by the neglected S
Chapter Alif after which the lexical sheen
Chapter Alif followed by the neglected Sad
Chapter Alif after which the lexical Ghain
Chapter Alif followed by Fa
The chapter on the alif is followed by the meem
Chapter Alif followed by Nun
Chapter Alif followed by Waw
Chapter Alif followed by Ya
The letter b
Chapter on the ba followed by the alif
Chapter on the Ba, then the Jeem
Chapter on the Ba followed by the neglected Ha
Chapter on the ba followed by the neglected dal

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