Nashwān ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥimyarī () was a Yemeni theologian, judge, philologist, poet and historian.
Life
He was a member of a nobel Yemeni family from Uawt near Sanaa. He is said to have some Mu'tazili views. He wrote a Qur'an commentary and compiled several works on theological, philological, historical and other topics. He died in 1178 C.E.
Books Shams al-'ulum wa-dawa' kalam al-'Arab min al- kulum ('The sun of Wisdom and Remedy for the Arabic Language's Lesions').
Kitāb at-Tibyān. (Quran commentary book)
See also Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani
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