Nuruddin ar-Raniri

Nuruddin ar-Raniry
نورالدين الرانيري
Nuruddin ar-Raniry
Personal life
Born
Died1658 AD
Mughal Empire (present-day India)
NationalityMughal Empire or Sultanate of Aceh
Parent
  • 'Ali Hasanji (father)
EraSultanate 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 forReformer of the tradition of Sufism in Aceh
Author of Bustan as-Salatin (“Garden of Kings”)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
OrderSufi
PhilosophySufism
JurisprudenceShafi'i
TariqaRifaʽi, 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.