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Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji

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Zarnuj

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Religion, Education, Islam

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Burhan al-Din, or Burhan al-Islam al-Zarnuji (d. 602 AH/1223) was a Muslim scholar and the author of the celebrated pedagogical work, Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum (Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning).

Al-Zarnuj was born and lived in Zarnuj, a well-known town beyond the river Oxus in the present Turkistan, Kazakhstan. Burhan al-Din (lit. proof of the Din) or Burhan al-Islam (lit. proof of Islam) al-Zarnuji were his agnomen, or moniker. He studied with many shaykhs including: Shaykh Burhān al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (1152–1197), author of Al-Hidāyah; Shaykh Abu al-Muhamid Qawaduddin Hammad ibn Ibrahim al-Saffar; the great Shaykh Hasan ibn Mansur Qadiykhani; and others.

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	Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning by Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji, Gustave Edmund von Grunebaum (Translator), Hamza Yusuf (Foreword) 4.18 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1646 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Learning: Timeless Wisdom for the Seeker of Knowledge by Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji, Shams Tameez (translator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Learning by Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji, Shams Tameez (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Speech is like an arrow; it is necessary to aim it by way of reflection before uttering anything.”
― Burhan al-Din Al-Zarnuji, Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning

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“Human reasoning does not compass everything in all respects, just as vision does not reveal all things to sight.”
― Burhan al-Din Al-Zarnuji, Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning

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“It is said memorizing two letters is better than listening to two loads [of books]; moreover, comprehending two letters is better than memorizing two such loads.”
― Burhan al-Din Al-Zarnuji, Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning

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