Born in Singkil around 1615, he studied for about nineteen years in Arabia, notably under Ahmad al-Qushashi and Ibrahim al-Kurani, and returned to Aceh around 1661. He served as qadi under the queens of Aceh, spread the Shattariyyah order and is buried at Kuala, Banda Aceh (the ‘Syiah Kuala’).
Abdurrauf al-Singkili
عبد الرؤوف السنكيلي
Tarjuman al-Mustafid; Shattariyyah in Nusantara
Summary
Aceh’s leading scholar of the later 17th century and author of the first complete Malay tafsir.
- Born
- Singkil, Aceh, 1615
- Died
- Kuala, Banda Aceh, 1693
- Fields of expertise
- Tafsir
- Notable works
- Tarjuman al-Mustafid, Mir'at al-Tullab, 'Umdat al-Muhtajin
Biography
Works
- Tarjuman al-Mustafid
- Mir'at al-Tullab
- 'Umdat al-Muhtajin
Sources
- Azyumardi Azra, The Origins of Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia (2004)
- Peter G. Riddell, Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World (2001)