Abdul Aziz al-Harbi
Appearance
Abdul Aziz al-Harbi | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1965 Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
Religion | Arabic language |
Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah, Umm al-Qura University |
Occupation | Scholar |
Abdul Aziz bin Ali al-Harbi is a Saudi Arabian
Islamic scholar and associate professor at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. He is one of the founders and the current president of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca.[1]
Career
A native of Mecca, Harbi
Qur'an by the age of eleven.[2]
Harbi earned a
Qur'an, known to Muslims as Tafsir, from Islamic University of Madinah in 1989. Nine years later, he completed a Master of Arts degree in the Muslim prophetic tradition, known as the Sunnah, at Umm al-Qura University, where he would eventually complete his Doctorate of Philosophy in Qur'anic exegesis in 2001.[2] He was promoted to the rank of associate professor at Umm al-Qura in 2006, and currently teaches exegesis. He is also a member of the university's academic board.[1]
Harbi also has an
Arabic language, especially in regard to Arabic rhetoric.[citation needed
]