Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Fakhr al-Din al-Razi was a prominent 12th–13th century Persian Muslim theologian, philosopher, and Qur’anic exegete known for his influential works in kalām, metaphysics, and rational theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ashʿarite theologian
Islamic philosopher
Muslim theologian
Qur’anic exegete
Shafiʿi jurist
person
alsoKnownAs Ibn al-Khatib al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
surface form: Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
birthDate 1149
birthPlace Persia
Rayy
creed Ash'ari
surface form: Ashʿari
deathDate 1209
deathPlace Herat
Khorasan
surface form: Khurasan
denomination Sunni Islam
era 12th century
13th century
Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Persian
field Islamic jurisprudence principles
Islamic philosophy
Islamic theology
Qur’anic studies
logic
fullName Fakhr al-Din al-Razi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu ʿAbd Allah Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Hasan al-Taymi al-Bakri al-Razi
givenName Muhammad
honorificTitle Fakhr al-Din
influenced later Ashʿarite theologians
post-classical Islamic philosophy
influencedBy al‑Ghazali
surface form: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Avicenna
surface form: Ibn Sina

Al-Juwayni
surface form: al-Juwayni
kunya Abu ʿAbd Allah
language Arabic
Persian
madhhab Shafi'i school
surface form: Shafiʿi
mainInterest Qur’anic exegesis
kalām
logic
metaphysics
philosophy
rational theology
usul al-fiqh
notableWork Asās al-Taqdīs
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb
Tafsīr al-Kabīr
al-Arbaʿīn fī Uṣūl al-Dīn
al-Maḥṣūl fī ʿIlm Uṣūl al-Fiqh
al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliya min al-ʿIlm al-Ilāhī
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-Manṭiq wa-l-Ḥikma
notedFor critical engagement with Avicennian philosophy
encyclopedic Qur’anic commentary
extensive use of philosophical argumentation in kalām
philosophicalSchool post-Avicennian Islamic philosophy
region Greater Iran
religion Islam
schoolTradition Ash'ari
surface form: Ashʿarism

Shafiʿi fiqh
taughtIn Herat
Khwarezm
surface form: Khwarazm

Transoxiana

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Islamic philosophy majorFigure Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Algazel influenced Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi fullName Fakhr al-Din al-Razi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu ʿAbd Allah Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Hasan al-Taymi al-Bakri al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi alsoKnownAs Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
this entity surface form: Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat influenced Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat commentedOnBy Fakhr al-Din al-Razi