ABSTRACT
Al-Suyu¯t. ı¯ is one of the most celebrated religious scholars of pre-modern Islam, and definitely the most prolific of them all. He wrote on every conceivable topic, except for philosophy and science – it is said that he authored close to 1,000 works ranging from short pamphlets to multi-volume encyclopedias – thus making a fundamental contribution to the dissemination and solidification of Sunnı¯ religious thought and worldview.
