م ج ر ط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a specific city and a prominent philosopher associated with it. It touches upon geographical locations and intellectual figures from the medieval Islamic period.

Derived headwords

مَجْرِيطَةname

1.
City in Moroccoclassical
A city located in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

المَجْرِيطِيّname

1.
The Majriticlassical
An epithet referring to someone from the city of Majrit (Majriṭa), particularly the philosopher Maslama al-Majriti.

مَجْرَطname

1.
Majratclassical
A place name, possibly a variant or misspelling of Majriṭa, mentioned in the text.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه: مجريطة، بالكسر: مدينة بالمغرب

And among what is to be added to it is Majriṭa, with a kasra: a city in the Maghreb.

ومنها الفيلسوف الماهر المجريطي

And from it is the skilled philosopher Al-Majriti.

مؤل غاية الحكيم وأحق النتيجتين بالتقديم

Author of 'The Aim of the Sage' and 'The More Deserving of the Two Results to be Presented First'.

ورسائل إخوان الصفا وغيرهما

And 'The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity' and others.

واسمه أبو القاسم مسلمة بن أحمد بن القاسم بن عبد الله

And his name is Abu al-Qasim Maslama ibn Ahmad ibn al-Qasim ibn Abd Allah.

ذكره ابن بشكوال هكذا

Ibn Bishkuwal mentioned him thus.

وهو من رؤوس الفلاسفة

And he is among the leading philosophers.

أنكر عليه ابن تيمية

Ibn Taymiyyah disapproved of him.

كذا في فتاوى ابن حجر الصغرى

Thus it is in the minor fatwas of Ibn Hajar.

وقد ذكره المصنف في مرجط قريبا

And the author mentioned him in Marjaṭ not long ago.

والمعروف ما ذكرناه

And what is known is what we have mentioned.