Nuruddin ar-Raniri
Nuruddin ar-Raniry | |
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نورالدين الرانيري
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Nuruddin ar-Raniry | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1658 AD Mughal Empire (present-day India) |
| Nationality | Mughal Empire or Sultanate of Aceh |
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| Era | Sultanate of Aceh Golden Age |
| Notable idea(s) | Orthodoxy |
| Notable work(s) | Bustan al-Salatin (Garden of Kings) Shiratal Mustaqim (Straight Path) Darul Fawaid Fi Syarah Al 'Aqaid Fawaid Al Bahiyah |
| Known for | Reformer of the tradition of Sufism in Aceh Author of Bustan as-Salatin (“Garden of Kings”) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Order | Sufi |
| Philosophy | Sufism |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Tariqa | Rifaʽi, Qadiriyah |
Shaikh Nur ad-Deen Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Hasanji al-Hamid as-Shafi'i al-Ashari al-'Aydarusi ar-Randeri (Arabic: الشيخ نور الدين محمد بن علي بن الحسنجي الحميد الشافعي الأشعري العيدروسي الرندري) (also transliterated Nur ud-Din ar-Raniri / Randeri, died 1658) was an Islamic mystic and scholar from Rander in Surat province of Gujarat, in India, who worked for several years in the court of the sultan of Aceh in what is now Indonesia. He was the most prolific of the authors of the Acehnese court, and helped contribute to its international reputation as a center of scholarship. His work was considered the oldest Muslim scholarship of Southeast Asia.