Person

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

1445–1505

Egyptian scholar whose treatise al-Kashf (898 AH) holds that the Muslim community will last beyond a thousand years and less than fifteen hundred.

al-Suyuti: the community exceeds the thousand

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Opening and first section; new English translation · Source evidence ↗

Opening and first section; Haram Makki manuscript, images n0–n1 · Source evidence ↗