Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad (author of al-Tashil)

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi was the author of Kitab al-Tashil li-Ulum al-Tanzil; the cover of the first printing of his commentary calls him "the shaykh, the imam, the learned hafiz and exegete, servant of the mighty Qur'an". ¹ He is not to be confused with his namesake Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abi al-Qasim ibn Juzayy, the writer who set down Ibn Battuta's travels.

In his commentary he names "our shaykh, the master" Abu Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr, author of Milak al-Ta'wil, and quotes his explanations of differing wording between suras in the stories. ²

The pages of al-Tashil that were read do not give his birth or death dates or his city, so none are recorded here; biographical works will supply them.