Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati

Who was Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati?

Muhammad bin Yûsuf bin ‘Alî bin Yûsuf bin Hayyân an-Nifzî al-Barbari Athîr ad-Dîn Abû Hayyân al-Jayyâni al-Gharânatî al-Andalusî, better known as Abû Hayyân Al Gharnâti was a Muslim commentator on the Qur'ân. He has earned near universal recognition as the foremost Arabic grammarian of his era. He is also notable as the only known Arabic linguist to have taken a strong interest in languages other than Arabic, authoring a number of works both on comparative linguistics and extensively analyzing and explaining the grammars of other languages for native speakers of Arabic.