The Malaysian writer is famous for his work on the field of exegesis and translation of Al-Quran, Al-Rahman's Tafsir. He was born in Maabdah, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, on Monday, 30 Muharram 1332 H / 29 December 1913 AD Another source mentions ja was born in 1333 AH / 1915 AD His father was Shaykh Muhammad Basmeih ibn Salih and Hadhra Death, Yemen, and his mother , A'ishah bint Abdullah ibn Hammad, and Bishah, Saudi Arabia.
His mother died when he was 2 years old, until he grew up to teenagers in Makkah under the care of his aunt, Khadijah Hammad. In Makkah Basmeih also began to study. When he was about 12, Abdullah Basmeih left Makkah following his father, who moved to Balak Pengkalan, Melaka, Ma Malaysia. At his father's father remarried to a Malay woman named Yang Chik bint Haji Kesah.
In Malaysia, Abdullah Basmeih studied at a school in Balak Pengkalan. She only finished her formal education until the fifth grade because of her limited family finances. However, when he had mastered Malay, then Basmeih became an autodidact.
The death of his beloved father forced himself to start earning a living from a young age. He worked as a laborer at Triang Pahang, a cooking aide at the English school cafeteria Bandar Hilir Melaka, a laborer at a Dutch sap factory in Pasir Panjang, a cloth carrier, and making and selling rujak.
At the same time, Basmeih also began to get acquainted with the writing world. One of the authors of the Malay Utusan newspaper, Haji Mohammad Dahlan Masood (Hamdan), discovered his great talent until Basmeih then trusted Hamdan to translate an interesting writing on Islam in Al-Mushawwar magazine and published in the newspaper Utusan Melayu.
Since then, Abdullah Basmeih has been serious in the writing and translation world. Abdullah Basmeih who also worked at Qalam Press passed away on Sunday, 27 Shafar 1417 H / l4 july 1996 AD, at the age of 84 years by abandoning the total number of papers.
His works include Understanding Ayat-A yat Al-Quran, Preamble Mastika Hadith, Mastika Hadith Rasulullah Saw., Khutbah Haji Wada 'Khutbah Rasulullah Saw., Guide Maintaining the Bodies, Mosque's Position in Islam, History of Life Siti Aisyah, History of Abu Life Bakar Al-Siddiq, Life History of the Prophet Muhammad, the Guidance of Kakas, Muqaddam Al-Quran, and Hikayat Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi.