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Shams al-Din al-Kirmani

Shams al-Din al-Kirmani is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shams al-Din al-Kirmani rather than just read about it. In short: Abū 'Abd Allāh Shams al-Din Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. ʿAlī al-Kirmāni, better known as Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (Arabic: شمس الدين الكرماني, romanized: Shams al-Dīn al-Kirmānī; 1317 – 1384) was a Sunni Muslim scholar originally from Kerman.

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Reference excerpt

Abū 'Abd Allāh Shams al-Din Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. ʿAlī al-Kirmāni, better known as Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (Arabic: شمس الدين الكرماني, romanized: Shams al-Dīn al-Kirmānī; 1317 – 1384) was a Sunni Muslim scholar originally from Kerman. He was a distinguished scholar who specialized in a number of Islamic sciences including Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, legal theory, Quran exegesis, Arabic, and scholastic theology. He wrote Al-Kawakib al-Darari, a classical and renowned commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari.

Life Born around 717 AH/1317 CE in Kerman, he began his education there under the guidance of his father, Baha al-Din. Later, he studied rational and Arabic sciences for twelve years under Adud al-Din al-Iji in Shiraz. After that, al-Kirmani travelled to Egypt and Syria in order to study Hadith. He devoted his time there to learning the science, and as a result, he rose to prominence in his era as a muhaddith. He made his home in Baghdad and spent the final thirty years of his life there spreading knowledge. He lived in a humble, frugal and ascetic lifestyle. The sultans would visit his home seeking prayers and advice from him. Al-Kirmani performed Umrah and died returning from Hajj in the year 786 AH/1384 CE. His body was transported to Baghdad, and was buried in a grave he had prepared for himself, near Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi.

Works Al-Kirmani wrote several commentaries of well-known works written by his master Adud al-Din al-Iji including a commentary on ethics Akhlaq al-Adudiyya. He wrote a commentary on theology, Al-Mawāqif fī 'ilm al-kalām as well as Iji's work on rhetoric al-Fawa'id al-Ghiyathiyya. Al-Kirmani was known for his expertise in the interpretation on the Quran as he wrote a commentary on Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al-Ta'wil by al-Baydawi as well as a commentary on Al-Kashshaaf by al-Zamakhshari. Al-Kirmani classified Arabic works and composed a book on logic.

See also List of Ash'aris List of Muslim theologians

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shams al-Din al-Kirmani

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shams al-Din al-Kirmani claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shams al-Din al-Kirmani before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shams al-Din al-Kirmani ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shams al-Din al-Kirmani

In research: Shams al-Din al-Kirmani appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shams al-Din al-Kirmani in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shams al-Din al-Kirmani is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 14th-century Muslim theologians, 14th-century jurists, 14th-century linguists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shams al-Din al-Kirmani outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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