Nur al-Din al-Raniri

Nur al-Din al-Raniri
نورالدين الرانيري
Nur al-Din al-Raniri
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)Durrat al-Fara'id bi Sharh al-'Aqa'id
Hidayat al-Imam
Bustan al-Salatin (Garden of Kings)
Shiratal Mustaqim (Straight Path)
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

Nur al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Hasanji al-Hamid al-Shafi'i al-Ash'ari al-'Aydarusi al-Randeri (Arabic: 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.