Andalusian Scholars

Ibn Tufayl, Abu Bakr Muhammad
Andalusian physician and philosopher best known for his philosophical novel Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, describing the intellectual development of a man living isolated on a desert island.
Ibn Hazm, Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Said
Andalusian jurist, theologian, philosopher, and pioneer of the Zahiri literalist school who popularized strictly literal interpretation of the Quran and opposed allegorical exegesis

Dictionary of Islam

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