Al-Jahiz held him to be the most learned scholar in all branches of human knowledge, and Ibn Hisham accepted his interpretation even of passages in the Qur'an.
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He was one of the most learned and authoritative scholars of his time in all matters pertaining to the Arabic language, antiquities and stories, and is constantly cited by later authors and compilers.
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Almost half of all information about Arabia before Islam reported by later authors was by way of Abu Ubaida, and he wrote the earliest extant Tafsir or commentary on the Qur'an, which was the basis for explaining any verses in the prophetic biography written by Ibn Hisham.
Abu Dhabi | Abu Ghraib | Mount Abu | Abu Bakr | Mumia Abu-Jamal | Abu Zubaydah | Battle of Abu Klea | Abu Sayyaf | Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse | Ahmed Omar Abu Ali | Abu Qubays | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Abu Mu'az al-Jeddawi | Abu Hamad | Abu Sufyan ibn Harb | Abu Omar al-Kurdi | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Tell Abu Hureyra | Sami Abu Zuhri | Abu Sa'id Mirza | Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) | Abu Saiba | Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani | Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi | Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak | Abu Dhabi (emirate) | Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail | Sultan Abu Bakar | Shaziman Abu Mansor |
Some samples of this collection are kept in the library of El Escorial.
Abu 'l-Fadl ibn al-'Amid (d. 970), scholar and vizier of the Buyid emir of Rayy, Rukn al-Dawla.